Re: As seen above: use of su vs sudo

[Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu>]

Martin <keine-eile@online.de> writes:

> [...]
>>>
>>> is new to me, I never knew! And I think it is good approach.
>>> Does one actually get pointed to this during install?
>> 
>>       ┌───────────────────┤ [?] Set up users and passwords ├────────────────────┐       
>>       │                                                                         │       
>>       │ If you choose not to allow root to log in, then a user account will be  │       
>>       │ created and given the power to become root using the 'sudo' command.    │       
>>       │                                                                         │       
>>       │ Allow login as root?                                                    │       
>>       │                                                                         │       
>>       │     <Go Back>                                         <Yes>    <No>     │       
>>       │                                                                         │       
>>       └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘       
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> David.
>> 
>
> How cool is that :-)
> Actually, I mostly use the graphical installer for manual install. I
> just checked: This dialogue is 10 lines long. I usually stooped
> reading after "You need do set a password for 'root'...".

Though it seems like installing sudo and asking whether the "first user"
should be in sudoers would be a better thing to do even if root can log
in.