[kwlug-disc] Debian problem

[CrankyOldBugger]

I know that Ubuntu doesn't allow login as root, but at least the Ubuntu
installer has a little checkbox "make this user an administrator" when
you're setting up your user account.

I can re-run the installer to see if my eyes missed something, but it was a
very simple follow-the-bouncing-ball type of installer app.


On Mon, 6 May 2024 at 09:21, Bob B via kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org>
wrote:

> Cranky,
>
> I believe that if you enable login as root during the install process,
> it does not put the user you create into sudo.
>
> As such, you just need to 'su -' from the user account (with root's
> password for authentication) and then you can add yourself to the sudo
> group.
>
> IF you do not enable login as root, Deabin will automagically put you
> into the sudo group.
>
> Bob.
>
> 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?
> >
> >
> >
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