Hi, Am 7. März 2024 08:50:25 MEZ schrieb Justin B Rye <justin.byam....@gmail.com>: >Philip Hands wrote: >>> Maybe instead of saying "use the system's initial user account to >>> become root" it should say "allow the system's initial user account >>> to gain administrative privileges"? I'm not sure. Oh, and we might >>> even want to mention the word "superuser", or then again we might not. >> >> I think Diederik's suggestion of using 'root' for the account and >> 'super-user' for the privileges might be the way to go. > >Looking at what I end up with after another couple of rounds of >fiddling with it I'm not sure if it's doing quite what you asked for, >but you still might want it so here it is: > >- Some account needs to have system administrative privileges. The >- password/passphrase for that account should be something that >- cannot be guessed. >+ Some account needs to be available with administrative super-user >+ privileges. The password/passphrase for that account should be >+ something that cannot be guessed. > . > To allow direct password-based access via the 'root' account, you > can set the password/passphrase for that account here. > . >- Alternatively, you can lock root's password >+ Alternatively, you can lock the root account's password > by leaving this setting empty, and > instead use the system's initial user account > (which will be set up in the next step) >- to become root. This will be enabled for you >- by adding that user to the 'sudo' group. >+ to gain administrative privileges. This will be enabled for you by >+ adding that initial user to the 'sudo' group. > . > Note: what you type here will be hidden (unless you select to show it).
All the above looks like an improvement to me. Holger -- Sent from /e/ OS on Fairphone3