Re: [tlug] Kubuntu v5.10

[Lyle H Saxon <llletters@example.com>]

On 12/25/05, Robert C Balfour <rbalfour@example.com> wrote:
> Lyle > In the install, it prompts you for a user name and a password - and
> Lyle > that's it!  No root!  So I assume it's got the user running as root
> Lyle  > all the time!  Yikes!  Easier for users to use and easier for
> Lyle  > outsiders to abuse!  I'm sure there's a way to fix that - is it
> Lyle  > involved or fairly straightforward?
>
> The first account you created during the install is a sudoer user. So
> anytime you are prompted for the root password use the password you set.
> To change the root password (the real root and you should).
>
> open a console (shell) prompt and do the following.
>
> # sudo passwd root <enter>

I'll try that - thanks!

> Now you will be prompted for a new root password. follow the directions
> on the screen. Make sure you use a strong password...for the love of
> god...PLEASE a strong one.

I know about mixing upper and lower case and numbers, but what is the
ideal number of characters?  I read somewhere years ago that 8 was
best?  Was that ever true and if it was, is it still true?

> Lyle > The other thing is that I've gotten used to the file navigation of
> Lyle > Konqueror (with SuSE) and was unable to find a way of navigating the
> Lyle > files with Kubuntu.  How are the files navigated?  What command
> brings
> Lyle > up something like File Manager?
>
> Don't quite understand. What folders are you seeing on the desktop?

There's nothing on the desktop at all - other than the stuff in the
task bar, which is:

K Menu
System
Konqueror
Kontact

And... I just answered my question!  Under "System" is "Home Folder"! 
Sorry... I should have poked around a little more!  I did look through
the menus under K Menu, but couldn't find anything there.  I guess
since they put "Home Folder" under "System" in the task bar they
figured there was no point in also putting it under "System" within
the "K Menu".  I would have preferred a little redundancy there, but
whatever - now I know where it is!

Lyle