James Freer <jrjfr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi members > > I've just done my install of Debian 12 Live XFCE version. Been a user > of Xubuntu for 15 years and thought i would change. Tried some of the > derivatives and chose Debian to go with. > > I would be grateful if someone could explain why admin root user is > not set to default. I have always had user login and password and then > root for for other tasks like Aptitude updates. [I am a fan of > Aptitude although most folk seem to prefer Apt]. > > Also not sure where to set root admin user. I suppose it doesn't > matter if one is using Debian on a home PC like myself rather than a > server but i'd just like to know. > > thanks > james >
Have you read https://wiki.debian.org/Root ? It explains the answers to many questions. Come back if you're still having problems after reading it.
