I installed a minimal ubuntu, using debootstrap, and I have neither 'admin' group nor sudo. I created a real password for 'root', and everything works perfectly. I don't see why you want to resist creating this security check: if you already have 'admin' group, it will do nothing, while on stripped systems like mine it is a fix.
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Milan Bouchet-Valat<nalimi...@club.fr> wrote: > How could the 'admin' group not exist? To me, it's required so that even > sudo works, so it's not something you should go without. How do you > configure your system? > > Debian creates the group in their postinst script because they use a > specific 'stb-admin' group, but we use our global admin group, so that > should not be necessary. If we create it and you're not member of it, > that won't really help either. > > ** Changed in: system-tools-backends (Ubuntu) > Status: New => Incomplete > > -- > system-tools-backends causes dbus error if there's no "admin" group > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/354721 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- system-tools-backends causes dbus error if there's no "admin" group https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/354721 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to system-tools-backends in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
