Re: sudo security Was: Reporting missing package during install
* On 2013 10 Dec 10:12 -0600, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
> Nate Bargmann writes:
> > * On 2013 10 Dec 08:32 -0600, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote:
> >
> > > > If your complaint is simply that Debian even allows the option of a
> > > > single user account with sudo enabled rather than forcing separate root
> > > > and user accounts, then even I would resist the removal of the option.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Forgive me, could you help me in understanding this? I am not a native
> > > English speaker and this time my English skills "dumped the core" :)
> >
> > Some of your argument seems to suggest that the Debian installer should
> > not offer the option of leaving the root password blank
>
> IT DOES????? AAAAAAARGH!
I did a Wheezy install on Sunday and, yes, leaving the root password
fields empty in the installer results in the first user account being in
the sudo group.
I presume that entering a password in those fields results in root
having its own password and the first user account not being a member of
the sudo group.
Don't take my word for it, do an installation in a Virtual Box instance
to examine the results.
- Nate
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