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'll now need to go and check a standard (as distinct from an expert install) All the very best, Andy C