On 03/21/2016 12:22 AM, Wolf Halton
wrote:
Sudo -i opens a session as root with environment as if you
did su - except your non-root admin user doesn't have to know
the root password.
Hmm...I wasn't aware of that particular switch....don't need su
anymore that way. Next install may be su-less :-)
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On 03/20/2016 03:26 AM, Adam Wilson wrote:
On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 19:30:57
+0000
Joe <joe@jretrading.com>
wrote:
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.
When you carry out a net install
(or any installation, in fact) if you
decline to provide a root
password then sudo is automatically installed
and configured for you, with the
first user you create able to become
root with sudo.
This is all explained in the
installer at the root password stage-
there is no need to install sudo
manually post-installation.
If you want sudo, just don't
provide a root password in the
installation.
On the other hand, I use both su and sudo. If I have a
protracted session with several different tasks that I need
to complete all requiring root access I su to the root user.
If on the other hand, I only need to perform a single
command, or so, I use sudo. Both have their uses, though as
already noted, Debian generally does one or the other as a
default. I install with a root password, and then bring in
the sudo package post-installation.
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