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|    s|b to Chris Elvidge    |
|    Re: Password incorrect after name change    |
|    25 Oct 25 16:46:19    |
      From: me@privacy.invalid              On Sat, 25 Oct 2025 14:31:36 +0100, Chris Elvidge wrote:              > Actually what you want is a root account, a primary account (user's       > name) with no sudo access but autologin, and a second (secret?) account       > with sudo access and no autologin.              YES! (((-:              > Note that if you make an account with no sudo access, that account will       > not be able to use tools like apt to upgrade the system. This may (or       > may not) be a problem down the line.              That would be a problem; I'd want them to have the latest (security)       updates. If I would set up unattended-upgrades (did that for my RPi),       would that solve the problem?              > See visudo (run as root) and /etc/sudoers, /etc/sudoers.d/              Can you elaborate? (Or give me a link?)              --       s|b              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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