On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 13:44:14 +0100 James Freer <jrjfr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > b] 'Sudo' - i thought came in with ubuntu (and some other > derivatives). Many distros use 'su -' for admin rights and i thought > Debian was one of those. Sudo i thought was introduced as a level of > safety for newbie users so they could only carry out one operation at > a time. If i wanted to do a series of operations i'd choose 'sudo su' > which allowed that and as i understood was the equivalent to 'su -'. > >From what you have said it seems Debian has now included sudo. It > >may > be that the Calamares installer has decided this setup and it is > better to use the netinst iso. > Sudo goes back a long way, and was only included in a default Debian installation in the last few versions, but it was always available. Several times I have needed to install it, along with mc, as the first tasks in a new stable installation. It's really useful in a multi-user system, where individual users or groups of users can be allowed to do some specific tasks using their own passwords, or even with no password. Su is all or nothing: either the user is given the root password or he isn't, and if he has it, he can do anything. OK for a single owner/user, not so good for a business. -- Joe
