3.7 Adding a User and Root Access
The final step before beginning the installation is to add a user account to the system. To achieve this, click on the User Creation option in the main installation screen and enter user credentials and a password:
Figure 3-16
If the user is required to perform administrative tasks on the system, enable the Make this user administrator option before clicking on the Done button (at least one user should have administrative permissions unless the root account is enabled as outlined below). This will allow the account to perform restricted tasks by making use of the sudo command as outlined in the chapter entitled “Introduction”.
The root, or super-user account, is a special user that has administrative privileges on the system without the need to use the sudo command. To increase security, this account is disabled by default. To enable this account, select the Root Password option, enter a root password and turn off the Lock...
