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7070## Root password
7171
7272Enter and confirm your ` root ` password for the new installation. The password
73- will not be shown on screen.
73+ will not be shown on screen. This is not required if configuring superuser
74+ access with ` sudo ` or ` opendoas ` .
7475
7576## User account
7677
7778Choose a login (default ` void ` ) and a descriptive name for that login. Then
7879enter and confirm the password for the new user. You will then be prompted to
79- verify the groups for this new user. They are added to the ` wheel ` group by
80- default and will have ` sudo ` access. Default groups and their descriptions are
81- listed [ here] ( ../../config/users-and-groups.md#default-groups ) .
80+ verify the groups for this new user. This user will be given superuser access if
81+ ` sudo ` or ` opendoas ` is selected for superuser access. Default groups and their
82+ descriptions are listed [ here] ( ../../config/users-and-groups.md#default-groups ) .
8283
8384Login names have some restrictions, as described in
8485[ useradd(8)] ( https://man.voidlinux.org/useradd.8#CAVEATS ) .
8586
87+ ## Superuser Access
88+
89+ Choose a tool to use for [ superuser
90+ access] ( ../../config/users-and-groups.md#superuser-access ) . Choosing ` su ` (the
91+ default), requires setting the root password. Choosing ` sudo ` or ` opendoas `
92+ requires setting up a user account.
93+
8694## Bootloader
8795
8896Select the disk to install a bootloader on when Void is installed. You may
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