On Wed, 2021-12-01 at 21:40 +0000, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: > On Wed, Dec 01, 2021 at 09:29:43AM -0600, Brandon Nielsen wrote: > > On 11/29/21 1:33 PM, Ben Cotton wrote: > > > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Users_are_admins_by_default_in_Anaconda > > > > > > = Users are administrators by default in the installer GUI = > > > > > > == Summary == > > > > > > The Anaconda installer GUI will have the administrative rights > > > checkbox on the User screen ticked by default. > > > > > > == Owner == > > > > > > * Name: [[User:Vladimirslavik| Vladimir Slavik]] > > > * Email: vslavik@xxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > == Detailed Description == > > > > > > Currently, the Anaconda installer GUI presents an unticked > > > checkbox > > > "Make this user administrator" on the user setup screen by > > > default. > > > This means users have to discover the control, understand its > > > meaning, > > > and consciously decide to change the value from the default one. > > > > > > > [Snip] > > > > I find this wording confusing, and I've been using Linux for at > > least 15 > > years now. I think if we're making changes to reduce user confusion > > we may > > want to change the wording as well? > > > > Perhaps a better wording would be "Grant user administrator > > privileges > > (allow sudo)"? Something to make it clear the resulting user isn't > > root, but > > can act as root. Correct me, if I'm wrong, people to avoid put password in every sudo command, modify sudo to not ask password . And this behavior is a big hole of security , if user is compromised, attacker will have root access for free. > +1. The explanation can be even longer: maybe "(e.g. allow sudo as > root, > access to all logs, and other administrative actions)". If you're > finding > the existing wording unclear, many other people are most likely too. > > Zbyszek > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure -- Sérgio M. B. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
