On Mon,07.Sep.09, 23:02:23, AG wrote: > [1] I think that sudo is installed by default, so what you would > need to do then is enter into a text-based terminal su (which will > allow you to login as root) and then visudo . This will open up a > file for you to edit. This is very straightforward - simply go to > the line following the one reading root ALL=(ALL), etc. and add > your username and then the same text with the same spacing, etc as > the line above it. Once you've entered this, save and exit. Then, > whenever you want to edit your file, enter the line given above - > i.e. sudo ...
1. Unless sudo is pulled by some DE it is NOT installed by default (Priority: optional) 2. I wouldn't suggest configuring sudo for someone entirely new to Linux. 'su' works out-of-the-box and seems more apropiate for new users (see below) 3. Maybe it's just me, but I find it completely counter intuitively to give *your own* password when wanting to access the *root* account[1] (especially in case of Debian, where you are asked for the root password during install). [1] Of, course it makes sense when you understand the purpose of sudo, but it's definitely not the common practice when dealing with user/password pairs in other areas. Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein)
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