On Wed, 2 Aug 2006, steve szmidt wrote:
> Question for those running one of the above.
>
> Does the user run as a user with root privileges, or is there a password
> involved when needing root privileges?
>
> Looks like it might be bypassing the security of running as a normal user,
> but I'm not sure if I got it right.
I set root up as usual, su/sudo to do whatever, but others say root
shouldn't have a password. I have yet to see how you could have root with
no password, and at the same time avoid a security hole you could drive a
truck through.
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