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[–] 10 points 3 years ago (5 children)

I can only imagine the shit show that would commence if I put Linux on my mom's laptop

Mom sms: It's asking for permissions again, I forgot my password!

Me: It's in the notebook, mom.

Mom: I can't find the notebook!

Me: Last I saw it, it was on the coffee table.

Mom: Found it!

...

Mom: It doesn't work!

Me: Are you looking at the brown notebook or the pink one?

Mom: Yes!

Me: Yes what? Are you in?

Mom: Yes, I have a notebook and the password doesn't work!

Repeat forever.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    You could disable admin password. I know you can do it for sudo by editing sudeors file, so there must be a way to do it for graphical prompts too.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

    I mean live ISOs don't have login passwords so it must be doable for a full install

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    Actually they do, it's just set to login automatically on boot. If you manually log out you have to enter a password to login again.

    I was talking about disabling sudo password rather than login password anyway.

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