#5795 NORM Future : joyride-1489 sets the root password

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#5795: joyride-1489 sets the root password
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  Reporter:  dlang   |       Owner:  jg                               
      Type:  defect  |      Status:  reopened                         
  Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:  Future Release                   
 Component:  distro  |     Version:  Development build as of this date
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  Verified:  0       |    Blocking:                                   
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Comment(by mstone):

 A suggestion on how to resolve the confusion between sudo and su in our
 builds:

 let's provide a _button_ in Terminal that will issue appropriate commands
 to get a root shell.

 Combined with Bernie's and my patches to mingetty and initscripts, I
 believe that such a patch will allow us to make any decision we like about
 what actual programs should be run to gain root access without further
 confusing our users.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5795#comment:6>
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