Le Jeu 4 septembre 2008 14:25, PaweÅ Krzywicki a écrit : > On czwartek, 4 wrzeÅnia 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> i too noticed a similar thing when i installed on my new laptop etch. >> the solution was as Cerbelle said. Login as a normal user and do sudo ( >> or you can activate root login from the login menu; but i personally >> consider it really dangerous!) > I am wondering why this is dangerous? > If your password is seen as "strong" "FaG34#fCFD12drtfdg" something like > this for example why this is dangerous?
Just because you log in "anonymously". In fact, if several people need a root access, there are two possibilities : - everybody knows and use the same root account/password, but you will bot be able to know who made what. You can only see from which IP the "root" connection was made. - "root" account is locked, without password. nobody can directly connect to it. everybody first need to connect with their personal account and password before executing something as root. Nobody knows another one's password, there is no common account or password and you can always know who ran this damn "rm /etc/passwd". Furthermore, root is also ALWAYS the first account to be attacked by script kiddies. If it is locked, you are sure they will not be able to connect to this account. Francois Cerbelle -- http://www.cerbelle.net - http://www.afdm-idf.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
