[ale] Losing Ubuntu

[James Sumners]

I do no like that they have added that to the install. Sudo is great
for giving limited users access to specific system administration
functions, but it is no replacement for true root access.

If you want to stick with using sudo, though, then the only line you
need to add to the sudoers file is "joshua ALL=(ALL) ALL". Booting
from the install CD would be the technically easier way to mount your
root partition for editing. But if you want to do it the clever way,
simply append "root=/bin/sh" kernel parameters in your boot loader. I
imagine you are using grub, so just press 'e' when the timed option
window appears, edit the kernel line, and press 'b' to boot it. Once
you are booted, run `mount -o remount=rw /` to make your root
partition editable.

On Sun, Aug 15, 2010 at 1:50 AM, Joshua Roberts <jrtroberts at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, I have installed Debian with Lxde.  I like the openbox desktop.  But
> here begins the work.  I may need to reinstall to make my life easier.  I
> chose to not allow root login on this machine.  It also seems that I, joshua
> the user, am not allowed to access the sudo command.  I am not in the
> sudoers file.  First I have seen that.  From what I have read I am going to
> need to boot into a live CD and edit the file.  Or I can do a minimal boot
> into /bin/sh and then mount some stuff that I need to edit the file.  Either
> way it seems like it is going to be some work.
>
> Does anyone have any tips about how to best accomplish this task of giving
> myself sudo access without a huge headache.  Maybe I am just really tired
> because the instructions for the sudo file look really confusing.  Even
> worse than Xorg or Xranr.  Anyway, I am giong to bed.  I will fight with it
> some more another day.  Until then I will have to live with what I have
> since I cannot install anything else.
>
> Yeah for me.  I managed to F up my first real linux install.  ( After this
> experience I do not really count Ubuntu as a serious linux install.)
>
> Joshua
>
> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Rev. Johnny Healey <rev.null at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Ubuntu is debian unstable unstable.
>>
>> On Aug 13, 2010 10:47 AM, "jrtroberts" <jrtroberts at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I have decided to stop using ubuntu and Try Debian directly. Not sure
>> > how that will affect my linux experience, but I do not see it being all
>> > that bad.
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