Hi, Caleb Burns <cpburnz@gmail.com> (2015-08-31): > Package: installation-reports > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > I used the "debian-live-8.1.0-amd64-standard+nonfree.iso" image to > install Debian. During installation, I chose no root password in order > to disable root login. My understanding is that this option should > install and enable "sudo" privileges for the non-root user created in > the next step of the installation process. > > After installation and login with the non-root user, I cannot run > "sudo". It fails with the message: > > -bash: sudo: command not found > > This indicates that "sudo" was not installed. I then tried "su" to > attempt change to the root user. I tried both entering no password, > and entering the user password. Both of these failed with: > > su: Authentication failure > > Which is to be expected because no password was set for root. > > I reinstalled debian a second time without a root login, but the issue > remained. I believe this is an installation error with setting up > users. Thanks for your bug report, but please follow up with more details (installation logs): https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch05s04.html#problem-report Mraw, KiBi.
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