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... Just thinking out loud :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * Sid's down the street at the local hotel-motel-boatel right now. We're trying to patch things up. * -- 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/cao1p-kdkkn_pxkv_6glpnrbc3oxkmlnsnlsut37o2iaougn...@mail.gmail.com
