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Debian does ship sudo and, IIRC, includes it in most default configurations. Of course, you are absolutely right that sudo has to be configured on Debian and most other non-Ubuntu distributions. His article could have been unchanged if he said "On a Debian system with sudo configured..." and he would have been spot on.
> Not on an unmodified Debian installation. He is confusing Ubuntu's system wide use of sudo with Debian's use of the same tool.
If you install Debian in Expert Mode, you can choose to disable the root account and work with sudo. It's not the default behaviour though.
If you install Debian in Expert Mode, you can choose to disable the root account and work with sudo. It's not the default behaviour though.
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No, it doesn't. Not on an unmodified Debian installation. He is confusing Ubuntu's system wide use of sudo with Debian's use of the same tool. A normal Debian user does not have sudo powers unless that user has been added to the sudoers file and given the appropriate priveleges.
Another mistaken case of "Ubuntu is the same as Debian" syndrome. Sad, because Devyn's kernel configuration articles are excellent. Well, he's still young.