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LMDE 3 admin password

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Using LMDE3 64bit. Will not accept installed password for admin. Now unable to use things like Bleachbit (root) as it will not recognise my password. Suggestions? Tnx.
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Re: LMDE 3 admin password

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no password was set with the installer. It is a "Mint Thing", I don't understand the logic in it.
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Re: LMDE 3 admin password

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Image

PS: you do not need to remove users from the sudoer list, but I prefer it.
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Re: LMDE 3 admin password

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messmanager wrote: ⤴Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:05 am Now unable to use things like Bleachbit (root) as it will not recognise my password.
It is a bad idea to run BleachBit as root.
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Re: LMDE 3 admin password

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administrollaattori wrote: ⤴Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:47 pm
messmanager wrote: ⤴Wed Oct 03, 2018 10:05 am Now unable to use things like Bleachbit (root) as it will not recognise my password.
It is a bad idea to run BleachBit as root.
is there a way to run Bleachbit in User mode?

Clem declared "upstream" when this was reported as a LMDE 3 Beta bug and provided no help.
sorry I can't provide a link, the bug reporting system has been deleted

PS: It is not "upstream" as it works fine with Debian, no need for root. It is a LMDE 3 bug.
Or maybe I don't understand the phrase "upstream".
(Debian has root enabled by default)
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Re: LMDE 3 admin password

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sdibaja wrote: ⤴Thu Oct 04, 2018 3:36 pm is there a way to run Bleachbit in User mode?
I suppose that is not a BleachBit bug, but it is a mint-menu bug. Just edit the launcher as bleachbit from su-to-root -X -c bleachbit
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