Re: Sudo

[Joe <joe@jretrading.com>]

On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 19:57:56 +0100
Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> wrote:

> On Sat, 2016-03-19 at 18:38 +0000, Joe wrote:
> > I've never seen sudo installed by default in any Debian, and I begin
> > with expert minimal netinstalls of stable, and I've never seen it
> > offered as an option there. My first two actions on reboot are to
> > install sudo and mc.  
> 
>     By default you are asked to provide a password for the “root”
>     (administrator) account and information necessary to create one
>     regular user account. If you do not specify a password for the
>     “root” user this account will be disabled but the sudo package
> will be installed later to enable administrative tasks to be carried
> out on the new system. 
> 
> From https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/apas03.html.en
> 
>

OK, I didn't know that.

-- 
Joe