[kwlug-disc] Debian problem

[Bob B]

Oh, and yeah... I've played with other distros, but this is why I always 
end up using Debian wherever I can.

Much less likely to get rug-pulled.

It also supports flatpack so if I need something Debian doesn't offer, I 
can go that route. I also recently tried putting nix onto a Debian 12 
install and I believe that can also provide a means to sideload packages.

So yea, Debian... FTW!

BB



On 5/6/24 08:49, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> So I'm getting a bit tired of the way Ubuntu is leading us down the 
> garden path with their various requirements, like Snap, etc.
>
> So I thought I'd try Debian.  I made a virtual machine, installed the 
> latest version "Bookworm", and everything installed fine.
>
> But..  I can log in as myself, but I'm not in the sudoers file, so I 
> can't elevate to root.  There was no option (that I could see) in the 
> installation to make myself a sudo group user.
>
> So I tried login as root, and sure enough, root can't login (neither 
> from the GUI login, or via SSH).  So I'm in a Catch-22, where I can't 
> become root, I can't login as root, but I need to be root to fix those 
> two things...
>
> Are there any Debian guys out there who know how to get around this?
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> kwlug-disc mailing list
> To unsubscribe, send an email to kwlug-disc-leave at kwlug.org
> with the subject "unsubscribe", or email
> kwlug-disc-owner at kwlug.org to contact a human being.