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==== Stricter password rule |
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Installing the `libpam-cracklib` package will enable you to force stricter password rule, for example, by having active lines in "`/etc/pam.d/common-password`" as the following. |
Installing the `libpam-cracklib` package enables you to force stricter password rule, for example, by having active lines in "`/etc/pam.d/common-password`" as the following. |
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`sudo`(8) is a program designed to allow a sysadmin to give limited root privileges to users and log root activity. `sudo` requires only an ordinary user@@@sq@@@s password. Install `sudo` package and activate it by setting options in "`/etc/sudoers`". See configuration example at "`/usr/share/doc/sudo/examples/sudoers`". |
`sudo`(8) is a program designed to allow a sysadmin to give limited root privileges to users and log root activity. `sudo` requires only an ordinary user@@@sq@@@s password. Install `sudo` package and activate it by setting options in "`/etc/sudoers`". See configuration example at "`/usr/share/doc/sudo/examples/sudoers`". |
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My usage of `sudo` for the single user system (see <<_sudo_configuration>>) is aimed to protect myself from my own stupidity. Personally, I consider using `sudo` a better alternative to using the system from the root account all the time. For example, following will change the owner of "`<some_file>`" to "`<my_name>`". |
My usage of `sudo` for the single user system (see <<_sudo_configuration>>) is aimed to protect myself from my own stupidity. Personally, I consider using `sudo` a better alternative to using the system from the root account all the time. For example, the following changes the owner of "`<some_file>`" to "`<my_name>`". |
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$ sudo chown <my_name> <some_file> |
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