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    Small Linux with multiuser?

    Does anyone know a small Linux distro with multiuser capability when installed to HDD? What I mean by this is, by default at least, Puppy and DSL have only a root account. Is there a way to implement sudo or something so the root user isn't admin all the time, like Ubuntu for example. I've not run any small distros for long so I could be missing the obvious.

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    Re: Small Linux with multiuser?

    From what I have read DSL v4 support a non root users at run level 3, the slightly larger and with 2.6 kernel Damn Small Linux Not! has a multi user option when it is installed.

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    Re: Small Linux with multiuser?

    I can recommend Slax

    Last time i used it was last year but i remember i was using a non root user fine on it.

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    Re: Small Linux with multiuser?

    root is always root. Use the "useradd" command to add standard user accounts, usually there's some kind of privilege escalation group like "wheel" or "admin" or the like, which allows you to use the "su -" command to become root for administrative tasks.
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    Re: Small Linux with multiuser?

    Quote Originally Posted by aidanjt View Post
    root is always root. Use the "useradd" command to add standard user accounts, usually there's some kind of privilege escalation group like "wheel" or "admin" or the like, which allows you to use the "su -" command to become root for administrative tasks.
    If you want to use sudo remember to install and configure it. By default in most configurations you will require the user to be in the "wheel" group, however I have seen admin used on occasion. sudo by default is configued that you must enter you password whenever doing root level commands.
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    Re: Small Linux with multiuser?

    Yes, and a good number of distros require you to edit and uncomment the %wheel/%admin line, or even require you to manually type the correct line in visudo.
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    Re: Small Linux with multiuser?

    Yeah I wasn't really clear there when I said about root not being admin all the time but I guess you get what I mean - like Ubuntu for example, where the main user isn't root but can use that account for root privileges using sudo or something. It's a pitty most of the small distros don't implement something like this by default. Thanks for the help everyone

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