really depends on the distro....Ubuntu won't let you log in as root.

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Kris Sisk <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> "Something stupid" on Linux would be intentionally setting up sudo to never
>> require a password or keeping the root password in a text file accessible by
>> everyone. Frankly anyone with the know how to configure sudo or with access
>> to the root password should be smart enough not to do those kinds of things.
>>
>
> I agree that your typical user is not going to have a clue about sudo.
> However, I would be very surprised to find that the "common user" would ever
> log in as anything but root.
>
> -Cameron
>
> ...
>
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