Stop asking passwords

[The 11th plague]

Well, I hope this doesn't surprized you, since Linux got advertized mainly as the OS that lets you do whatever you want.

This continue low-rights and password-asking system is driving me crazy: to me it looks like Vista's UAC, and the last thing I'd ever expected to find on Free Software.

There are passwords to login, passwords to change basic settings, passwords to do everything, even running a sudo command in the terminal: I just want a "stupid" auto-login-as-admin, I truly want the pc to let me use it freely.

Yes, there is the root login, but that takes time, and, as I try to use the install program, it gives me an error: "It's dangerous to run this as a priviledged user" and the only option it gives me is to quit. Is there a way to take out those "privilege alerts" ?

I have many other problems with Linux (sigh), but this is by far the most annoying.
Please help, thanks in advance.

[Nokia]

You might want to try

su -c 'init 0'

after logging into ANY linux distro...it's as simple as that.

[oneofmany]

sudo users can be configured to not require a password, ssh can be setup to use certificate based authentication.

linux, like unix, is a secure operating system. for this reason it is perfect for servers. the graphic desktop environments came later and can only work with what they're built on. gnome specifically, kde and probably the others, have come a long way and frankly, are, these days, almost as easy to use as vista. you'll find all the operating system graphic desktops going the same way.

[markkuk]

Switch to Windows 98, that's the right OS for users like you. It doesn't annoy you with any security and lets any malware spread freely.

[pete_1967]

If you want to get rid of any warnings and security restrictions, feel free to build your own version from sources. Start with kernel and work your way up to DE etc.

Yes, you do can do what ever you want with your OS, and you can configure it exactly the way you want to. All it takes is bit of your own time and effort, don't expect someone else to do it for you. As long as you use a distro built by someone else, you pretty much have to live with the choices they made for you.

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Sorry, forgot: Just don't come crying to us when you trash your system or got rootkitted because you didn't want to have any security restrictions in your system.
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[The 11th plague]

You might want to try

su -c 'init 0'

after logging into ANY linux distro...it's as simple as that.

Thanks for the tip, anyway...
bash: init: commmand not found

Switch to Windows 98, that's the right OS for users like you. It doesn't annoy you with any security and lets any malware spread freely.

Well, also XP and Vista, after some tweaking: securety center alerts can be disabled in exactly 9 clicks, and you can also disable the process easily.
And with some more clicks you can disable error reports and baloon tips.

After that you can disable UAC and also Defender. Well, I also disabled superfetch...
In 4 Days my new Vista pc's memory usage was below 450mb, with still space for improvements and no registry hacking.
So...I'm not here because Windows doesn't work

If you want to get rid of any warnings and security restrictions, feel free to build your own version from sources. Start with kernel and work your way up to DE etc.

I saw Windows errors that were more informative than this copy&paste answer.

[Nokia]

su -c '/sbin/init 0'

Revised version.

[forkbomb]

su -c '/sbin/init 0'

Revised version.

Don't you mean init 1? init 0 is halt. Unless that's a joke.

To the OP:
Running as root, as I'm sure you've already heard, is really dumb. There - about as frank as I can be.

You're free to disregard.

Just know that some people around here refuse to dispense support to people who knowingly log in as root for normal use.

[The 11th plague]

Well, it asks for the admin password, then it shows a dos-like black screen and it shuts down after some seconds.

Is it supposed to do so ?

[Nokia]

@tjvanwyck Fun spoiler

@OP Yes it is. Stop assuming forum support is due towards you just because you bothered installing X distro. That's just insolence.

[forkbomb]

Fun spoiler

Oh, that was intended as a joke then.

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l...down-init.html
I know it's a Redhat page, but the init levels are standard across distros.

[juanfgs]

Well, it asks for the admin password, then it shows a dos-like black screen and it shuts down after some seconds.

Is it supposed to do so ?

That's exactly the reason of why you shouldn't run any command with a privileged user if you *don't* know what it does. Another simple prank could be "rm -rf /" and you would completely screw your linux installation.

Linux asks you for password, when you really could do some damage that would affect other users of your system, you can still do whathever stupid thing you want (as long as it only affects your ~ dir).

[Nokia]

@juanfgs

Perhaps is better not mentioning such commands... I would edit the post Mine was harmless yet potentially alarming, yours is devastating. Imagine one might have mounted filesystems.

[The 11th plague]

Yes, that's a joke, they think the whole user support is a joke.
May I remind that I asked "please" ? People, you're not obliged to answer.

Anyway, isn't there some package to simplify all this password management ?
If not, is there a guide to achieve this hacking in the terminal ?

[edit]Gentler post.[/edit]

[Nokia]

Well, it's true. The first registered user on this forum got the best support, the second - some leftovers. For you, all that's left is this http://forums.fedoraforum.org/forum/...splay.php?f=61