where is the file located on a standard install? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Expert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 7:05 PM Subject: Re: [expert] root password > > > how do you setup a second user to have the same access as root > > a user that will be able to change root password. > > In novell that is one of the first things we were taught was to have 2 admin > > accounts so you wont get locked out of your system. > > You just give that user a "0" in the password file but you've first got to > start out with a root account and a user account. This thread involves a > person who figured that setting up these accounts with no password was > possible and a good idea. > > For what its worth, it would seem that Mandrake thinks it's a good idea > too as they give you a nopassword option for root during installation with > 7.2. I'm amazed that anyone giving any thought to how the software would > be used to set up such system. Must be consistent with the defaults that > set up all sorts of server daemons by default. If they were Microsoft > we'd be accusing them of wanting to snoop on our systems :-) > > For those new to passwords, these are POWERFUL STUFF...you need > them. This is especially true if you have any thought of your system > being open to the world (eg - network, cable or DSL access). > > Cheers --- Larry > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. >
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