Initial user account created on install of Gutsy server is not added to admin group
Bug #158952 reported by
Alex
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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user-setup (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
|
Colin Watson |
Bug Description
Under the following circumstances, the initial user account fails to be added to the admin group, which results in the root account being inaccessible (sudo will fail).
* The "mail server" installation profile is selected
* "No configuration" is selected when the system asks which mail configuration to use
As a workaround, the system can be booted into recovery mode, and the following commands executed:
addgroup --system admin
adduser USERNAME admin
echo '%admin ALL=(ALL) ALL' >>/etc/sudoers
where "USERNAME" is the name of the initial user created during installation.
Then exit recovery mode, and sudo should succeed.
Related branches
Changed in debian-installer: | |
status: | Incomplete → Confirmed |
description: | updated |
description: | updated |
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Hi, I can confirm this.
Just download 7.10 last night and did fresh install today. My user is not part of the admin group.
Very strange..