From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2026-01-23 23:09, rbowman wrote:   
   > On Fri, 23 Jan 2026 14:37:49 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >> openSUSE creates a root user with the same password as the first user,   
   >> by default. You can click somewhere and use a different password.   
   >   
   > Okay. My last OpenSUSE was 13.2 and I don't remember how I set it up 10   
   > years ago.   
      
   At that time, you set the passwords separately, but you could type the   
   same password.   
      
   >   
   >> sudo works with the user password, at least for the 1st user. I have not   
   >> tried a second user.   
   >>   
   >> [...]   
   >>   
   >> A second user can sudo to root with root's password.   
   >   
   > That could be a problem although for most people the Linux box is single   
   > user anyway.   
      
   I suppose there is some configuration somewhere to define this   
   priviledge, I just never looked at it.   
      
   carlos@Gollum:~> groups   
   carlos wheel   
   carlos@Gollum:~>   
      
   Gollum:~ # cat /usr/etc/sudoers.d/50-wheel-auth-self   
   Defaults:%wheel !targetpw   
   %wheel ALL = (root) ALL   
   Gollum:~ #   
      
   So that's how.   
      
   No "users" group. This is a change in 16.0.   
      
   carlos2@Gollum:~> groups   
   users   
   carlos2@Gollum:~>   
      
      
   Oh? :-o   
      
      
      
      
   >   
   > A more realistic scenario is the Makespace laptops the library converted   
   > to Linux Mint. There has to be at least one person to administer the   
   > machines. However the laptops are used by the kids for Arduino programming   
   > and other projects so there has to be another user that is not in the sudo   
   > group.  I don't think each kid gets their own login although that may be a   
   > problem in the long run. The Arduino IDE saves the sketches in /home/user/   
   > Arduino and added libraries in /home/user/.arduino15.   
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   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
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