Re: Emergency mode when root account locked
On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 11:35:58AM -0500, Kenneth Parker wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 8:16 AM Andrew M.A. Cater <amacater@einval.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 01:03:55PM +0000, Brian wrote:
> > > On Sat 12 Dec 2020 at 22:53:41 +1100, Keith Bainbridge wrote:
> > >
> > > > On 12/12/20 7:29 pm, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > > > > > AND run sudo as root, for additional safety
> > > > > Is this supposed to be ironic? I really can't tell.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > There was a detailed discussion here about sudo being a security issue
> > > > on our systems. It appears to be default in debian 10, so most of us
> > get
> > > > it as default. I looked at replacing sudo.
> > >
> > > sudo is set up by default by the installer? You're sure?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Brian.
> > >
> > There is a question as to whether you want to set up a root account, I
> > think.
> > If you choose not to, then you get a normal user account.
> >
> > If you choose to set up a root user:
> > If you do _not_ set a root password, then the first user you set up is set
> > up
> > with sudo. In Ubuntu, this is the default behaviour, for example.
> >
>
> I use Ubuntu (as well as "pure Debian"). When I install Ubuntu, it does
> not even give an *option* for a Root Password. The Username that you give
> during Install goes into the Sudoers list (but not Users defined later).
> Since I have my own method of System Administration, one of the first
> things I do, after the first Reboot is "sudo passwd root" and, after
> completion, I am a happy camper.
>
> I'll now need to go and check a standard (as distinct from an expert
> > install)
> >
On a "normal" as opposed to an Advanced/expert install, it prompts you to give a password for a root user.
If you effectively tab through this, not setting a password at all, then you
get a normal user account.
Andy C
>
> I am setting up a Virtual Bullseye Cinnamon system later today. I will,
> also use "standard install". Between us, we should be able to answer
> followup questions.
>
> >
> > All the very best,
> >
> > Andy C
> >
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kenneth Parker
>
> >
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