[kwlug-disc] Debian problem

[Jason Eckert]

Glad to hear you got to the root of the problem.
I'll let myself out now...

On Mon, 6 May 2024 at 09:40, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
wrote:

> OK, Bob figured it out.  Instead of my usual 'sudo su -' or 'sudo bash', a
> simple 'su -' does the trick.  Enter my password and immediately! change my
> account's group memberships.
>
> I admit I never really cared about the differences between sudo su -, sudo
> bash, su -, and the various other incantations.  sudo su - has always
> worked for me, until today...
>
> Thanks to all for the help!
>
>
> On Mon, 6 May 2024 at 09:29, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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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