Debian 8 package ... questions

[Parallels User]

I downloaded the prebuilt Debian 8 VM. A couple of questions/issues
1. The included parallels user does not seem to be an admin user. Is there a root or sysadmin user? If so what is it and what is password.
2. How do I add a user since the 'parallels' id isn't an admin id?
3. Is there a list of included packages or do I just need to run apt or aptitude?

 

[Guna@Parallels]

I downloaded the prebuilt Debian 8 VM. A couple of questions/issues
1. The included parallels user does not seem to be an admin user. Is there a root or sysadmin user? If so what is it and what is password.
2. How do I add a user since the 'parallels' id isn't an admin id?
3. Is there a list of included packages or do I just need to run apt or aptitude?

Hello @SterlingG
1. The root account is always there, you just need to set a password for it: Open terminal & type sudo passwd root
2. Here is how you can create a new user ID
3. I am afraid there isn't a list of included packages.

 

[Parallels User]

Hello @SterlingG
1. The root account is always there, you just need to set a password for it: Open terminal & type sudo passwd root
2. Here is how you can create a new user ID
3. I am afraid there isn't a list of included packages.

Ok thanks ... hint - maybe a little ReadMe file might save people time... it could even be a MOTD when userid parallels logs on.