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After installing Debian 6.0 rc1, I can't do anything as administrator because I cannot login as root (but I did setup the password during installation) and user is not a sudoer either.

Did I miss anything?

[update] I used Live CD to boot and edit the sudoer file, and the problem is fixed.

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How are you trying to login? From the terminal, ssh, X (GDM/KDM/XDM/etc)?

Have you tried suing to root from the user account?

Having set a root password but not being able to login to the terminal as root or suing to root would indicate a problem. Not being able to login to X or via ssh as root would more likely be the result of good default security restrictions. If su works but you still want sudo then you can just run su -c visudo then add your useraccount to the sudoers file.

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  • Thanks for the response. I was able to login in the UI but says that my user is not a sudoer. I made sure to set the root password during startup. It always says authentication failure when i log in using su. i was able to resolve it by booting to a live cd and added my user as sudoer. – Marc Vitalis Jan 24 '11 at 4:01

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