On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 10:50:54 +0100
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
On Wed, Apr 09, 2025 at 13:44:14 +0100, James Freer 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 coul
On Wed, Apr 09, 2025 at 09:34:08AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
[...]
> Disabling root logins by default is especially important when a
> network attacker can use the login, like via SSH.
To achieve this...
> The network attacker
> is usually yo
On Wed, Apr 09, 2025 at 09:34:08 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> Disabling root logins by default is especially important when a
> network attacker can use the login, like via SSH. The network attacker
> is usually your #1 threat,
There may be systems where this is true; for example, a public web
s
On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 13:44:14 +0100
James Freer 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 coul
Greg Wooledge (HE12025-04-09):
> I really don't understand why so many people do this. Why would you
> install using a "Live" medium instead of the real installer?
Because the real installer does not give the fine control I want and has
a crappy user interface.
I always install my Debians with G
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
On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM James Freer wrote:
>
> 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
On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 at 12:05, Greg Wooledge wrote:
>
> On Wed, Apr 09, 2025 at 10:50:54 +0100, James Freer wrote:
> > I've just done my install of Debian 12 Live XFCE version.
>
> I really don't understand why so many people do this. Why would you
> install using a "Live" medium instead of the rea
On Wed, Apr 09, 2025 at 10:50:54 +0100, James Freer wrote:
> I've just done my install of Debian 12 Live XFCE version.
I really don't understand why so many people do this. Why would you
install using a "Live" medium instead of the real installer?
Anyway, the Live version doesn't set a root pass
James Freer writes:
> 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
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
> n
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
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