non-admin users

[Bob Nielsen]

On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 12:37:04PM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 12:24:02PM -0700, Hudson Delbert J Contr 61 CS/SCBN wrote:
> 
> > this is probably a good thing though the install procedures prompting
> > the installer for a second user&pass and asking/explaining that this
> > newuser isnot root andcannot access sudo - and loops for addl user(s) 
> > or until it at least 1 non-poweruser hasbeen added.
> > 
> > that is not rocket science to do.
> 
> It would not be complicated to implement, but it introduces more complexity
> for the user, and so it is not desirable.  It is much simpler to use the
> Users and Groups tool to add additional users if desired (many users will
> never need to do this).

Besides, an admin user should be encouraged to learn command-line
operations (although this is not the necessity it was a few years ago). 
Running 'sudo adduser' isn't rocket science either.