On Sat 12 Dec 2020 at 13:15:41 +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 01:03:55PM +0000, Brian wrote: > > On Sat 12 Dec 2020 at 22:53:41 +1100, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > > > > > On 12/12/20 7:29 pm, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > > AND run sudo as root, for additional safety > > > > Is this supposed to be ironic? I really can't tell. > > > > > > > > > There was a detailed discussion here about sudo being a security issue > > > on our systems. It appears to be default in debian 10, so most of us get > > > it as default. I looked at replacing sudo. > > > > sudo is set up by default by the installer? You're sure? > > > > -- > > Brian. > > > There is a question as to whether you want to set up a root account, I think. > If you choose not to, then you get a normal user account. > > If you choose to set up a root user: > If you do _not_ set a root password, then the first user you set up is set up > with sudo. In Ubuntu, this is the default behaviour, for example.
>From user-setup-udeb: Template: passwd/root-login Type: boolean Default: true Description: Allow login as root? 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. > I'll now need to go and check a standard (as distinct from an expert install) Default: true -- Brian.