Re: user creation during installation

[Temlakos <temlakos@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/21/2013 07:55 PM, Javier Perez wrote:

I am surprised because I did not ask it to do it, but the installer did it nevertheless. Weird.  Makes me wonder how the installer is interpreting the instructions that we impart to it before installation.

On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 12:53 AM, Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote:

On 08/20/2013 10:26 PM, Javier Perez wrote:

Guess what, when I logged as root, the home directory was already
assigned as $HOME for the user on the Users and Groups appp regardless.
I was expecting having to go to the "Users and Gropups" app and add the
directory manually, but I was gladly surprised to see it already
assigned. Weird

That's exactly what I'd expect it to do.  Of course, I've had to re-install once or twice, and kept my old /home, so I'm not at all surprised.

The new method, that creates a new non-super user, with Wheel privileges, has been a part of Fedora since at least F17.

The idea is to make logging-in as root...obsolete. I gather most developers think it's too dangerous--leaves your system wide-open.

Temlakos

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