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Eliminate Passwords

Asked by Jim

Every time I turn around I am being asked for a password. All I need is one password at startup - not every other time I want to access something. I am the only user, the administrator if you will, and I would like to be able to access any file or program anywhere without being asked for a password. Right now there are two users: root, and /home/me. If root is the administrator, can I delete /home/me?

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Cesare Tirabassi (norsetto) said : 		#1

> root is the administrator, can I delete /home/me

No, you can't.
If you are asked for a password it is because you are doing something which is potentially dangerous.
Some details about the sudo system can be found here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

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Best Sam Cater (wraund-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#2

no!

it is always best to have 2 users for any computer. One as the superuser(admin/root), and one as a standard user. If you go into user settings (System>Adminstration>Users and Groups) you can give your account near-admin abilites in there. All you would have to do is run 'sudo' before an admin command. root is not only there for safety. its there for backup in case you mess something up with your account.

"Answered as part of Q+ADays :D http://wiki.ubuntu.com/Q+ADays"

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Jim (angst37) said : 		#3

Thank you for your help. It is much appreciated.
Jim

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felice (felicerubio) said : 		#4

hi to all,

i've read the posts.. but could you guys provide information about how eliminating that step of always writing the password?

i don't want to associate my account to root, but eliminating the password step would save my fingertips.. ;)

regards