On Thursday 25 June 2015 14:45:10 The Wanderer wrote: > On 06/25/2015 at 09:22 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Thursday 25 June 2015 13:33:25 The Wanderer wrote: > >>> Booting into emergency mode doesn't help me, as I can neither > >>> login without a root password, nor continue to default mode with > >>> Ctrl-D because that just throws me back into emergency mode. > >> > >> Why don't you have the root password? Is this not your system, but > >> just one you've been given for ordinary use? > > > > It is possible, in this Ubuntu-ised world, to install Debian without > > a root password. > > Wouldn't that just mean that root has _no_ password?
Yes. > Or does it actually set up the system so that root is an account > configured to not actually log in, at all? I don't quite know how it works. > That would be a _crazy_ > design; there might be situations where it could make sense, but they > would _not_ be for the casual user! Tell me about it! Crackers! IMHO sudo can make sense where a lot of people need access to certain restricted parts and you wnat to control who has access to what. <dons flame-proof suit> I can see only disadvantages in single user systems. I know of a case where someone dist-upgraded to the next version *by mistake*. Lisi -- 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/201506251512.09297.lisi.re...@gmail.com
