Re: Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently

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Justin B Rye <[email protected]> writes:

...
> Post-coffee (also fixing that wobbly indent):
>
>    Some account needs to have system administrative privileges. The
>    password/passphrase for that account should be something that
>    cannot be guessed.
>    .
>    To allow direct password-based access via the 'root' account, you
>    can set the password/passphrase for that account here.
>    .
>    Alternatively, you can lock root's password
>    by leaving this setting empty, and
>    instead use the system's initial user account
>    (which will be set up in the next step)
>    to become root. This will be enabled for you
>    by adding that user to the 'sudo' group.
>    .
>    Note: what you type here will be hidden (unless you select to show it).

I like that version better than mine, so commited it[1], and re-ran the
test to give a screenshot:

  https://openqa.debian.net/tests/239766#step/passwords/1

> Maybe instead of saying "use the system's initial user account to
> become root" it should say "allow the system's initial user account
> to gain administrative privileges"?  I'm not sure.  Oh, and we might
> even want to mention the word "superuser", or then again we might not.

I think Diederik's suggestion of using 'root' for the account and
'super-user' for the privileges might be the way to go.

Cheers, Phil.

[1] https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/user-setup/-/merge_requests/7/d=
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Philip Hands -- https://hands.com/~phil

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