On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 11:53:14AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Stephen Allen wrote: > > Bob Proulx wrote: > > > You already have a root user account. All Unix-like machines will > > > have a root user superuser account. That is uid 0 on the machine by > > > definition. All you need to know is the password for it. > > > > Hm OK I understand this if one is doing a conventional *ix install, > > but when installing using only a sudo account there is only one > > password asked for, that is the user password. So I don't quite > > understand how there could possibly be 2 passwords?? > > But all released versions of Debian always install both a root account > and a normal user account.
Not if you choose to install sudo at that time. > Hmm... You said you installed Wheezy Testing. How did you do this? > The normal method of installing Testing/Unstable is to actually > install Stable and then upgrade. That is probably what you should do > in the future. Testing isn't done yet. If that is what you did then > you have probably just tripped over one of the many issues that will > need to be worked through before Testing can be released. I do many installs over the course of a year. This was done via the Wheezy Debian Installer. > If you jump on the daily builds for the debian-installer and then > install Testing using the Testing installer then it is actually quite > likely that you will find bugs in the installer. Those bits are > undergoing development and won't be polished up until much later in > the development cycle. > Feel free to file bugs against the installer if you are participating > in its testing. And if you are using it then you are participating in > the testing whether you realized it or not. > > I recommend installing using the Stable installer, currently Squeeze, > and then upgrade if you want to run Testing. That is a known reliable > route. > > > > You say you have sudo access. If you have forgotten the root password > > > then simply set a new one for it. When using sudo the root password is the user password. > > Right but again only one password is asked for when setting up a new install > > to use SUDOERS. > > If you install Debian Stable Squeeze you will be asked for a root > account and then a normal user account. Debian doesn't install sudo > by default. But I think it is a good practice to always install sudo > and configure it and so I always do that when setting up a system and > encourage it for others too. But if you are just using Synaptic from > the GUI menu then you don't need sudo. It is still a good idea > though. > > > I'm beginning to be more assured that this is a bug when doing an > > install with an existing home partition. > > I don't see how that is related. Doesn't mean that it isn't. I just > don't see how it could be related. If one installs the sudo feature on a virgin install isn't the gksu information stored in the users directory? Not sure myself. Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110910004417.ga10...@thinkpad.gateway.2wire.net
