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Bug#403778: installation-report: sudo password not specified



   Dear Bug System:

   My apologies for the delay in responding.

Joey Hess wrote:
> Max Hyre wrote:
>> When asked whether to allow root to login, the information specifies
>> that `sudo' will be used for rootish things, but doesn't mention that
>> the password is the user's own.
>
> I would have thought that this would be obvious, since:
>
> * When installing this way, you give the installer only one password.
> * It's documented on sudo's man page as the default behavior of sudo.

a) What can I say?  I'm dense;
b) maybe a newbie wouldn't cotton on to the existance of man
   pages in time to be useful; but mainly
c) http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/12/msg01459.html :-)


-- 
	    Best wishes,

	    	 Max Hyre

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