Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu/kubuntu

From: Levi Bard (taktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktaktak@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Aug 02 2006 - 14:39:53 EDT


> 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.

Root with no password meaning that root can't log in, not that
everybody can log in as root.

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