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echo: rberrypi
to: NY
from: KEES VAN EETEN
date: 2018-12-13 00:26:00
subject: My DVB-T and DVB sat rece

Hello NY!

12 Dec 18 20:53, you wrote to druck:

 NY> That's the crucial point: it has the "protective cover" over the dangerous
 NY> "big red button" commands, so you have to consciously think "I need to use
 NY> sudo - so take care". It's not necessary to get users to prove that they
 NY> know the root password, unless you think that they will be malicious as
 NY> opposed to just absent-minded.

 NY> I'm not sure that I know the (default) root password of my pi, since I
 NY> don't remember being asked to choose one during installation.

 Raspberry should not, and has no root password. Sudo asks for the password of
 the user that will be given root access.

Kees

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