20 Dec
2015
20 Dec
'15
6:37 p.m.
On Sunday 20 December 2015 17:32:41 E. Liddell wrote:
And don't assume, as you clearly do, that the "first user" is the one who
set
up the system. This can get very confusing where one is administering
someone else's machine. At least, I tend to end up very confused.
Just as you are used to Ubuntu-think, I am used to Debian think. First user
is just the user you set up first - after root. ;-)
To that end,
if the package
asks for a pw, and gets the 1st users pw as a response, it should be
happy and run. There is little or no difference between root and 1st
user as 1st user is generally the one who originally setup the system
and should know it well.
Don't assume that all systems are single-user desktops. TDE shouldn't allow behaviour that sudo
doesn't (assuming that
sudo is even present on the system--it's quite possible to use su
only and never install sudo!), which seems to be what you're
advocating here. It does have to be able to be able to authenticate
via sudo with user passwords if the system accepts that behaviour
in other contexts.
The problem is that Gene's system is a mish-mash, with sudo a left-over from
Ubuntu; and most of those of us who are using pure Debian don't want this
behaviour. Michele's suggested compromise, of being able to add an extra
package if you want it, appears to be a good one.
Lisi