I installed a minimal ubuntu, using debootstrap, and I have neither
'admin' group nor sudo. I created a real password for 'root', and
everything works perfectly. I don't see why you want to resist
creating this security check: if you already have 'admin' group, it
will do nothing, while on stripped systems like mine it is a fix.
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Milan Bouchet-Valat<email address hidden> wrote:
> How could the 'admin' group not exist? To me, it's required so that even
> sudo works, so it's not something you should go without. How do you
> configure your system?
>
> Debian creates the group in their postinst script because they use a
> specific 'stb-admin' group, but we use our global admin group, so that
> should not be necessary. If we create it and you're not member of it,
> that won't really help either.
>
> ** Changed in: system-tools-backends (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> system-tools-backends causes dbus error if there's no "admin" group
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/354721
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
I installed a minimal ubuntu, using debootstrap, and I have neither
'admin' group nor sudo. I created a real password for 'root', and
everything works perfectly. I don't see why you want to resist
creating this security check: if you already have 'admin' group, it
will do nothing, while on stripped systems like mine it is a fix.
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Milan Bouchet-Valat<email address hidden> wrote: tools-backends (Ubuntu) tools-backends causes dbus error if there's no "admin" group /bugs.launchpad .net/bugs/ 354721
> How could the 'admin' group not exist? To me, it's required so that even
> sudo works, so it's not something you should go without. How do you
> configure your system?
>
> Debian creates the group in their postinst script because they use a
> specific 'stb-admin' group, but we use our global admin group, so that
> should not be necessary. If we create it and you're not member of it,
> that won't really help either.
>
> ** Changed in: system-
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> system-
> https:/
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>