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authorHolger Wansing <holgerw@debian.org>2017-07-11 23:09:25 +0000
committerHolger Wansing <holgerw@debian.org>2017-07-11 23:09:25 +0000
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Some more clearification on no-root-password/install-sudo issue.
Thanks to Baptiste Jammet for the heads-up.
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@@ -257,9 +257,11 @@ installer will only ask to select one if a country has multiple zones.
Setting up your clock and time zone is followed by the creation of user accounts. By
default you are asked to provide a password for the <quote>root</quote>
(administrator) account and information necessary to create one regular user
-account. If you do not specify a password for the <quote>root</quote> user this
+account. If you do not specify a password for the <quote>root</quote> user, this
account will be disabled but the <command>sudo</command> package will be installed
later to enable administrative tasks to be carried out on the new system.
+By default, the first user created on the system will be allowed to use the
+<command>sudo</command> command to become root.
</para><para>