At 17:50 05/12/02 -0600, you wrote:

By the way, it does not allow a hacker into the box, it allows script kiddies to root the box. Any newbie running mandrake could own a cobalt in under 5 commands.
(I'm a newbie, but..)
Surely that is only once they have a command line / terminal prompt though? They would have to get past one of the user passwords first?

Regards
Steve Root
PS - does my name mean that my qube has always be 'root expolited' :)

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