Re: Can Debian's paranoia be tamed
* On 2012 23 Nov 16:18 -0600, berenger.morel@neutralite.org wrote:
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> Le 23.11.2012 22:19, Miles Fidelman a écrit :
> >Richard Owlett wrote:
> >>Miles Fidelman wrote:
> >>>
> >>>you might try using expert mode when installing, and then
> >>>answering yes when the installer asks about enabling root
> >>>login,
> >>
> >>That did not work.
> >
> >That's rather odd. The installer always asks me to set up a root
> >account, before setting up an account for the first user, just before
> >configuring the clock.
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> If I am not wrong, when you choose to disable root, it means you can
> only have root rights with sudo, su or login as root just does not
> work.
On Ubuntu distros set up like that, 'sudo su' has worked on the rare
occasion a root shell prompt was needed. Some things seem to fail with
'sudo'. Once in the root shell it is a trivial matter to set a password
for 'root' and have a root login available at a virtual terminal prompt.
- Nate
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