Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflyby...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 2/2/15, Wayne Hartell <w.hart...@ozemail.com.au> wrote: > > Michael Collins wrote: > > > >> Log in with the user account. Left-click the user account name > >> (upper right corner), select system settings, select user, left-click > >> Unlock. > >> Enter the root password. Change the user account to an administrator. > >> > > > > As a new Linux/Debian user I have been doing the "not recommended" > > thing (at least I think it says it's not recommended; it has been a > > while since my last install) thing of not setting a password for root. > > That way there's no hoops to jump through to the installer puts my > > intended user account into the sudoers list. Now the steps to do this > > manually are re-described above I realize that under Gnome it's not > > actually that hard to do (when making my install selections I had > > memories of the manual way trying to edit the sudoers file, which for > > a new user is a little daunting. I recall it taking me a few attempts to > > get it to work. The installer gave me an easy way out). > > > > > > That brings me to my point; due to my installer choices, I cannot log > > in under root on the three systems that I have installed so far. Right > > now I have no reason to believe that this is or ever will be an issue > > since I can use sudo and that feels safer to me. Does anyone have any > > different opinions on this? (These are home systems and predominantly > > for learning Linux/Debian at this point, as opposed to being core > > systems that are depended upon for daily use, although one day in the > > not too distant future I hope to change this).
> My apologies if this has already been suggested or if you've already > mentioned you tried it, but have you tried: > passwd root > via command line as one of your users that has rights to do so? You > enter a password, enter it again to confirm, and done deal. It seems a > little too easy to do, actually. Every time I do it, my mind wanders off > thinking how easy it is to change if someone gains control of one of > our sudo enabled user accounts... I just gave that a whirl and yes it works like a charm! Regards, Wayne. > Just thinking out loud :) > Cindy :) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/006b01d0402b$6d149060$473db120$@ozemail.com.au
