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

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 10:28:45AM -0500, Joey Hess wrote:
> Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote:
> > On 12/19/06, Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> 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.
> > 
> > Not so obvious to a newbie installer...
> > >* It's documented on sudo's man page as the default behavior of sudo.
> > 
> > out of question...
> > 
> 
> This option is only available to people who have booted the installer
> with "expert". I have limited patience for people who think they are
> experts and are not familiar with man pages.

Notice that this option is also easily available by hitting "go back" once or
twice at the root password prompt, and then following the installation
normally. /me knows, as i discovered this option in exactly this way :)

Friendly,

Sven Luther