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ubiquity package

mention sudo configuration on user-setup screen

Bug #41587 reported by Bill Pollifrone
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Bug Description

my suggestion is that the number one question new users have is regarding administration. They don't know the root password. My thought is that when they create the initial user, the screen should let them know that it will be a wheel member and can do admin things via sudo.

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Dennis Kaarsemaker (dennis) wrote : Re: [Bug 41587] Live CD Installer Suggestion

* The user is not part of wheel, but admin
* Sudo is invisble if you don't use the command line
* The terminal (well, bash via /etc/profile) tells you about sudo when
  starting it for the first time.

I personally don't see a reason to clutter the installer.

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Bill Pollifrone (waylandbill) wrote : Re: [Bug 41587] Re: [Bug 41587] Live CD Installer Suggestion

A reason is that it's one of the most common questions asked on the mailing
lists and IRC channels. Seems (to me at least) the command line is still
used often. Doesn't bother me either way, as it was just a suggestion. Do
what you feel is right.

- Billy

On 4/26/06, Dennis Kaarsemaker <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> * The user is not part of wheel, but admin
> * Sudo is invisble if you don't use the command line
> * The terminal (well, bash via /etc/profile) tells you about sudo when
> starting it for the first time.
>
> I personally don't see a reason to clutter the installer.
>
> --
> Live CD Installer Suggestion
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/41587
>

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote : Re: Live CD Installer Suggestion

FWIW I think this is a perfectly sensible suggestion. (Just to stop people deciding to reject my bugs, as they seem to like doing ...)

Changed in ubiquity:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Colin Watson (cjwatson)
Changed in ubiquity:
importance: Medium → Low
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Robert Roth (evfool) wrote :

Is this still an issue? The installer has been completely reworked, the root password is not needed very often. Should this bug be set to Invalid or Opinion? If not, what can be done to fix this?

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Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote :

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote :

This issue has sat incomplete for more than 60 days now. I'm going to close it as invalid. Please feel free re-open if this is still an issue for you. Thank you.

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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