Martin <keine-e...@online.de> writes: > [...] >>> >>> is new to me, I never knew! And I think it is good approach. >>> Does one actually get pointed to this during install? >> >> ┌───────────────────┤ [?] Set up users and passwords >> ├────────────────────┐ >> │ >> │ >> │ If you choose not to allow root to log in, then a user account will >> be │ >> │ created and given the power to become root using the 'sudo' command. >> │ >> │ >> │ >> │ Allow login as root? >> │ >> │ >> │ >> │ <Go Back> <Yes> <No> >> │ >> │ >> │ >> >> └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ >> >> >> Cheers, >> David. >> > > How cool is that :-) > Actually, I mostly use the graphical installer for manual install. I > just checked: This dialogue is 10 lines long. I usually stooped > reading after "You need do set a password for 'root'...".
Though it seems like installing sudo and asking whether the "first user" should be in sudoers would be a better thing to do even if root can log in.
