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How can I make my main user which I log into, an administrator just like in Windows XP?

Anon
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    The purpose of sudo is to provide the function of administrator, without leaving the computer open to be exploited (at privileged-account level) when the user opens a file, goes to a website, or attaches a device. *That is a weakness (or flaw) in Windows XP, and one more reason why that OS is no longer safe (or supported).* – david6 Aug 07 '14 at 03:00
  • @david6 I think that is a great comment. Would you mind providing that as an answer? – Anon Aug 07 '14 at 03:04
  • Akiva, this question has been answered many times before. – amanthethy Aug 07 '14 at 03:09
  • @amanthethy You should flag it as a duplicate. In my quick search, I could not find it. – Anon Aug 07 '14 at 03:09
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    Take note that even though they've shown how to do it, the first line of the solution advises AGAINST enabling the root account. http://askubuntu.com/questions/44418/how-to-enable-root-login – amanthethy Aug 07 '14 at 03:12
  • Ah, I suppose he didn't ask it like I did, pretending to be a new user. Very well. – Anon Aug 07 '14 at 03:13
  • @david6 Not a duplicate of that question actually. That question merely asks how to enable the root user, not on how to make the main user into an administrator. – Anon Aug 07 '14 at 03:19
  • Related (but not a duplicate of): How to NOT become a root user? Are administrators root? – Eliah Kagan Aug 07 '14 at 04:41

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But you already have it. You can sudo with your own password, not root's. This can be set for any user in System Settings - User Accounts.

Barafu Albino
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That is not the question you should be asking.

The purpose of sudo is to provide the function of administrator, without leaving the computer open to be exploited (at privileged-account level) when the user opens a file, goes to a website, or attaches a device.

Note: That is a weakness (or flaw) in Windows XP, and one more reason why that OS is no longer safe (or supported).

david6
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    I don't think this is actually one of the reasons Windows XP is no longer supported. That OS was released in 2001 and EoL'd in 2014. It's very rare for an OS release (from any vendor) to be supported that long. Most Ubuntu and OS X releases that have ever existed (to give two other OS families as examples) were released after, and reached end-of-life before, Windows XP. Windows XP is no longer supported because perpetual vendor support for any single release is impractical. And the main reason Windows XP is longer safe to use is that it no longer receives security updates (because it's EoL). – Eliah Kagan Aug 07 '14 at 04:51
  • My comment was about the security model for XP, not its age or support period. – david6 Aug 08 '14 at 00:44