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| From | rbowman <bowman@montana.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.raspberry-pi |
| Subject | Re: New installation asks for password when I 'sudo -i' |
| Date | 2026-05-10 17:21 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <n6bt4qF56p0U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <n67emfFehcfU1@mid.individual.net> <0j73dm-vu4u2.ln1@q957.zbmc.eu> <n699i7Fn93fU2@mid.individual.net> <10tohhg$rit$1@dont-email.me> <llp5dm-oqq23.ln1@q957.zbmc.eu> |
On Sun, 10 May 2026 08:45:25 +0100, Chris Green wrote: > The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote: >> On 09/05/2026 18:35, rbowman wrote: >> > On Sat, 9 May 2026 09:24:32 +0100, Chris Green wrote: >> > >> >> I wish they'd make this sort of change more explicit. It had me >> >> confused for a while. I have loads of other Linux based systems and >> >> I'm used to them requiring a password for sudo so I don't have an >> >> issue with that. I just don't like things like this changing without >> >> the change being noted somewhere. >> > >> > The RPi confused me too. If I don't have to give a password for sudo, >> > why do I even have to type sudo? I like consistent and the Pi was the >> > odd man out. >> >> I always assumed it was there (Pi's sudo) simply to avoid you doing >> damage by accident, rather than to prevent others from using your login >> to do damage. >> > Yes, that's how I've always thought of it on the Pi, it's a way to meke > sure you know that you have root privelege rather than s security thing. iirc it was SuSE in the early 2000's that switched the wallpaper to bright red with black cartoon-style bombs if you were running as root. Life was simpler then -- every Linux and AIX box in our shop had the same root password, wolf359. Was Ubuntu the first distro that more or less bypassed setting up an explicit root account?
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New installation asks for password when I 'sudo -i' Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-05-08 21:20 +0100
Re: New installation asks for password when I 'sudo -i' Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-05-08 21:39 +0100
Re: New installation asks for password when I 'sudo -i' Knute Johnson <knute2025@585ranch.com> - 2026-05-08 16:33 -0500
Re: New installation asks for password when I 'sudo -i' rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-09 00:50 +0000
Re: New installation asks for password when I 'sudo -i' Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-05-09 09:24 +0100
Re: New installation asks for password when I 'sudo -i' Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2026-05-09 10:47 +0100
Re: New installation asks for password when I 'sudo -i' Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-10 10:49 +0100
Re: New installation asks for password when I 'sudo -i' rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-09 17:35 +0000
Re: New installation asks for password when I 'sudo -i' The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-10 00:55 +0100
Re: New installation asks for password when I 'sudo -i' Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-05-10 08:45 +0100
Re: New installation asks for password when I 'sudo -i' rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-05-10 17:21 +0000
Re: New installation asks for password when I 'sudo -i' Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-05-10 12:27 +0100
Re: New installation asks for password when I 'sudo -i' Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-05-10 19:46 +0000
Re: New installation asks for password when I 'sudo -i' Theo <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2026-05-11 12:25 +0100
Re: New installation asks for password when I 'sudo -i' The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-09 03:38 +0100
Re: New installation asks for password when I 'sudo -i' "wibble@bibble.com.invalid" <wibble@bibble.com.invalid> - 2026-05-09 12:09 +0100
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