So after running Ubuntu for three months, I think it's time to move on to Debian. There are still some issues I have with Ubuntu and I'm hoping a different distro might fix at least some of them. Of course, new environment means new caveats. So that's what this page is supposed to track. It is a Debian specific supplement to
the Ubuntu cheat sheet I already created.
Note: after a few minutes, I ditched Debian. So this is a very short sheet :pBeware: this cheat sheet is built through using Debian 6.0. Use at your own risk :)
So new users are not added to the list of "sudoers" by default. This adds a few burdens, but can be easily fixed :) First we change to the super user (that's called
root in the Linux world).
su
(
More on su.) You have to enter the root password, which is different from your own. When installing Debian, you were asked to enter a password for root. That's what you use now. Next you edit the file of sudoers. This, it seems, can only be done like this (
source):
visudo
You'll be put in a simple text editor,
nano in my case. I would have expected
vi, for some reason. But whatever. Anywhere (but logically below the line for
root) you add:
username ALL=(ALL) ALL, replacing
username with your own username. After that you save the new file with
ctrl+o (not
s ;)) and exit with
ctrl+x. You can press
ctrl+d to "exit
su mode".
If at any point you need to "change the linux command" bla, you'll be looking for
/etc/default/grub (use root or sudo to change this). After that, run
sudo update-grub. There will be a not-found error if you're not some kind of root (sudo is fine). Weird.
System monitor:
gkrellm