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Asked: 2013-02-08 15:06:07 +0800 CST

Does oem-config create a user not in sudo group?

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My friend just bought a netbook with Xubuntu preinstalled and the user was created right in store without giving her a root password. Neither was it an admin user. Was it oem-config's fault or store stаff's?

Tip: To solve this boot into recovery mode, choose root and execute

mount -o remount,rw /
passwd root
oem

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Short answer

    Sometimes. Typically it will create one of these, but not both:

    Long answer

    The oem-config command is a symbolic link to ubiquity, Ubuntu's standard installer. Ubiquity runs the script user-setup-ask-oem to determine how user accounts should be configured, and then the script user-setup-apply to actually create them.

    The configuration script begins by asking whether a root user should be created:

    • If you answer yes, you have the option to also create a non-root user.
    • If you answer no, you are forced to create a non-root user.

    Later on, the account creation script checks to see if you have decided to create a root user:

    • If you have, a root user is created with traditional, implicit administrative privileges. If you have also opted to create a non-root user, that user is created without sudo permissions.
    • If you've decided not to create a root user, the non-root user is created with sudo permissions.

    This behavior can be complicated by preeseed configurations.

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  2. Ubuntu now uses the sudo group rather then the admin group for sudo access.

    Post the output of:

    id <user>

    Where user is the user created with the oem-config ;)

    See also What is the difference between the 'sudo' and 'admin' group?

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