Hi, I think you need to set up "admin" user your self, that is, after
installation setup sudo and if you desire, passwordless sudo for your
admin user.
There is plenty of material on the net how to do it.
I don't recall exactly but I think Debian installer will not set up that
for you (Debian people, please correct me if I am wrong!)
Best, Jani
On 4/9/25 11:50, James Freer 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
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