[Bug 17306] [breezy] Clock doesn't accept sudo to adjust time

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------- Additional Comments From ubuntu at psi-aus.com  2005-10-10 04:10 UTC -------
(In reply to comment #2)
> Thanks for your bug. Does it work with other applications? How have you
> configured your account?

Both you and Dennis Kaarsemaker (above) are correct.  I have made a mistaken
assumption.  This bug should probably be closed but a new one opened - I'm
unsure where to direct the new bug to though.  My line of thinking goes like this:

- I do "server" or "server-expert" installs, an unpriviliged user account is set
up under these conditions much like a standard install

- I assumed (and was wrong), that as a standard user is set up at install time
that this user would be automatically plonked into the sudoers file (as per
standard install)

- As this is not the case, and as GDM does not accept root logins by default,
anyone doing a server install will not be able to complete any standard
administrative tasks without manually adjusting either gdm.conf (to allow root
login to X) or sudoers.

It could well be argued I suppose that those of us doing server or server-expert
installs should know enough to do this, I'm somewhat embarressed I must say. 
However, would it not be more consistent to allow, even under server installs,
the first user account access to sudo as you would expect to happen under
standard installs?  

Its a consistency thing I suppose.

Best regards,
Craig

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