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authorCyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>2012-12-26 16:00:55 +0000
committerCyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>2012-12-26 16:00:55 +0000
commitfe6e2fb32ca3ffaa3b1d0ec0d59e1f718f537ee2 (patch)
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parent20a7b68fc7710335e84b3a90b00b22911f74fc3a (diff)
downloadinstallation-guide-fe6e2fb32ca3ffaa3b1d0ec0d59e1f718f537ee2.zip
Improve documentation about user accounts: move it to the right place
and explain how setting an empty root password leads to sudo being installed. Closes: #692314.
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@@ -254,6 +254,15 @@ installer will only ask to select one if a country has multiple zones.
</para><para>
+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 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.
+
+</para><para>
+
Now it is time to partition your disks. First you will be given the
opportunity to automatically partition either an entire drive, or available
free space on a drive (see <xref linkend="partman-auto" />).
@@ -299,13 +308,6 @@ See <xref linkend="pkgsel"/> for additional information about this step.
</para><para>
-Installation of the base system is followed by setting up user accounts. By
-default you will need to provide a password for the <quote>root</quote>
-(administrator) account and information necessary to create one regular user
-account.
-
-</para><para>
-
The last step is to install a boot loader. If the installer detects
other operating systems on your computer, it will add them to the boot menu
and let you know.