I agree the option for user's and root's password to be the same should require an affirmative action at installation, not deselecting what should be an *option* resulting in the root user creation page being skipped.
I never noticed this before, because as long as it's been an option to skip user creation, it's been the path forward for me. :) -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Re: 15.2 root password Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2021 13:41:20 -0500 From: Patrick Shanahan Organization: Ptilopteri in Pandemonium To: [email protected] * Dave Howorth [03-01-21 12:44]: > On Mon, 1 Mar 2021 15:54:08 +0100 > "Carlos E. R." wrote: > > > On 01/03/2021 15.30, ken wrote: > > > On March 1, 2021 1:09:25 PM UTC, "Carlos E.R." > > > wrote: > > >> On 01/03/2021 14.05, ken wrote: > > >>> After doing a new install of 15.2, I realized I was never > > >>> prompted > > >> for a root password. Now I can't access most things to configure > > >> the system. How do I set a root password on this system? > > >>> > > >> > > >> It is the same password as your user. > > > > > > You're golden. > > > > Appreciated, but no :-D > > > > You missed in the screen that asks for the user name and password a > > tick that says something like "use this same password for root". If > > you untick that, then you get aske for root's password. > > That seems like poor UI design to me. I'd expect the default to be > different passwords and the tickbox to be on the bit where you choose > root's password to enable you to select the same if you wish. > > > There are several things like that in the installation. Defaults that > > we know are there, we are used to them, with little seen options to > > change them. We know where they are, but if you are not familiar with > > the system, you may miss them :-) yes, that would be the *best* approach. -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode
