docs(website): cover root-password sudo/curl gap in x86 install guide - #3106
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A fresh Debian x86 install done WITH a root password ships no sudo, does not add the user to the sudo group, and has no curl — so every sudo command in Step 4 of the PC install guide fails with "sudo: command not found", with no documented recovery path. Strengthen the Step 3 root-password note to spell out this consequence, and add a Step 4 callout with the su/apt/usermod recovery for users who set a root password anyway. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <[email protected]>
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Pull request overview
This PR updates the PC/x86 installation guide to document the Debian installer behavior when a root password is set (resulting in sudo not being installed and the user not being added to the sudo group), and provides a recovery path so readers can proceed with the rest of the setup steps successfully.
Changes:
- Expands the Step 3 “Root password” guidance to explain the
sudo/sudo-group implications of setting a root password. - Adds a Step 4 callout with
su -→ installsudo→ add user tosudogroup instructions so subsequentsudocommands in the guide work.
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Issues Fixed
No associated issue. Found while bootstrapping a fresh Debian 13 x86 device: the machine had been installed with a root password, so
sudowas not installed, the user was not in thesudogroup, andcurlwas absent. Everysudocommand in Step 4 of the PC install guide fails withsudo: command not found, and the docs offered no recovery path.Description
sudonor adds the user to thesudogroup.su -→apt install sudo→usermod -aG sudorecovery for users who set a root password anyway.Docs-only change to
website/content/docs/x86-installation.md.Checklist
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