[kwlug-disc] Debian problem

[CrankyOldBugger]

No, I'm not in the sudoers file, so I can't become root.

It's really very strange.


On Mon, 6 May 2024 at 09:01, Mark Steffen <mark at steffen.ca> wrote:

> sudo bash and then type in your user password?  This has always worked
> for me with Debian.
>
> FWIW, I agree, all new VMs I'm making are Debian, getting tired of the
> corporate open source rugpulls.
>
> On 2024-05-06 8:49 a.m., 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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