Hello I am known as Jon Jon on facebook.
I am 77 years old but try to not let it
dissuade me from learning new things.
The following are the problems I am
having with the install.
I originally downloaded the cd version
about 300 plus mb. I was going to use
it on an older Lap Top with original
win-7 upgraded to 10. I formated the
entire drive to do the install.
When the install finished it did not
reboot to a new sign in screen instead
it rebooted to a doss terminal to sign
in. attempting to sign in resulted in
a failure much like my present situation.
After a few attempts I decided to download
the full dvd version near 4gb. Everything
loaded nicely and I got me a sign in screen
where I proceeded to use my user PW. That
went real smooth and It open to my new
gnome desktop. Things (apts)seem to be
working ok. First thing I tried was a browser
and it was ok. Next i wanted to see about
installing Tor browser. This is where the
problem occurs as with my last attempts to
install. I found Konsol and tried that out.
It did not work with a sudo command. I then
located the terminal and tried using it.
I again had a problem with either the command
line or something not reconizing my pw.
I initionally entered the following:
"sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade -y"
Then I hit enter. The following request appeared.
[sudo] password for user" []
I typed in the pw and hit enter and the following
comment returned.
cheif is not in the sudoers file. This incident
will be reported. Or subsequent try says sorry
try again.
The password works at startup and at one instance
I downloaded via software.
Can someone help me understand where I am
going wrong. I remember with Linux Mint
cinnamon desktop I had no problems.
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user signin problem Debian 11 fresh install
Re: user signin problem Debian 11 fresh install
You need to log out from your user account, then log in as root, using the root password you specified at the install. Open the users menu, find your username, add yourself to the sudo group. or usermod -a -G sudo user as root
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Re: user signin problem Debian 11 fresh install
[sudo] password for user" []
I typed in the pw and hit enter and the following
comment returned.
cheif is not in the sudoers file. T
1) Become Root by putting in a Terminal
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su
2) When you are Root, input
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apt-get install sudo
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usermod -a -G sudo <username>
Remember to use the same case.
4) Now logout & login to get sudo access to those users.
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Re: user signin problem Debian 11 fresh install
How can you guys give such poor advice ?
Note the "-". It does matter.
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No you don't need to.
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su -
No, the root password.
Useless. sudo is already installed.
Why do you suggest this complicated command instead of the much simpler
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adduser cheif sudo
You did the install twice but still did not pay attention to the displayed information saying the normal user receives sudo privileges only when you do not set a root password.
Re: user signin problem Debian 11 fresh install
He'll need to log out then back in to his account anyway for it to take effect, may as well just log out to begin with and do it as root.
if it works it works
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Re: user signin problem Debian 11 fresh install
Right, but there is no need to log in as root. Besides, the display manager may not allow to log in as root. I suspect the OP does not even know how to switch to a text console.