this post was submitted on 30 Apr 2024
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[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 41 points 4 months ago (2 children)
[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Shit. Password expired due to company policies. Oh well, hunter3 it is now.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Plot twist: The company name is HunterX...

[–] db2@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

If I have a root account that can be logged in to it always had a different password. Is there something I'm missing here?

[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 14 points 4 months ago

No, that's a good choice. It reminds you to be cautious when logging in.

Some people have trouble remembering 2 and set both to the same. It's probably better to use sudo instead.

[–] boredsquirrel 4 points 4 months ago

sudo password, user in the wheel group

[–] boredsquirrel 10 points 4 months ago

Thats why using sudo or polkit is not that nice.

Making Linux work with a non wheel user is already nontrivial