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When logged into Pi user    pretty much have no controll without a sudo.  can't wget, or save files or create anything in  /home/pi  as user pi. I'm not an advanced user but i do know linux a bit and its not acting like any normal user account im used to.  Have i missed somthign?

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  • Most people who know their way around Linux (or any Unix) just bypass that whole issue by using sudo only once to get a root shell, then as the root user creating user accounts with useradd, setting appropriate passwords with passwd, and adding usernames to groups with gpasswd when extra user permissions are needed.

     

    Although it's not uncommon to see long sequences of sudo commands in documentation, I don't know of anyone who works that way all the time except perhaps on front-end boxes to reduce the chance of accidental privilege escalation.  On a little Pi behind a firewall, having to prefix half your commands with sudo doesn't really make a lot of sense, so it's probably only documented that way to try to help beginners from trashing their system by accident.

     

    I'm not sure if you missed anything, but I do recommend that you set up your own user account and give it any privileges that it requires to get normal work done without using sudo nor being logged in as root all the time.  And never run X11 as root --- that adds a major security hole and also greatly increases the likelihood of accidental system destruction.

     

    Morgaine.

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  • Most people who know their way around Linux (or any Unix) just bypass that whole issue by using sudo only once to get a root shell, then as the root user creating user accounts with useradd, setting appropriate passwords with passwd, and adding usernames to groups with gpasswd when extra user permissions are needed.

     

    Although it's not uncommon to see long sequences of sudo commands in documentation, I don't know of anyone who works that way all the time except perhaps on front-end boxes to reduce the chance of accidental privilege escalation.  On a little Pi behind a firewall, having to prefix half your commands with sudo doesn't really make a lot of sense, so it's probably only documented that way to try to help beginners from trashing their system by accident.

     

    I'm not sure if you missed anything, but I do recommend that you set up your own user account and give it any privileges that it requires to get normal work done without using sudo nor being logged in as root all the time.  And never run X11 as root --- that adds a major security hole and also greatly increases the likelihood of accidental system destruction.

     

    Morgaine.

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