On 17 Nov 2011, at 17:50, Mario Vilas wrote: > The guest account has no password, but it's not possible to login remotely > with ssh.
Thats because sshd file doesn't allow passwordless logins by default. It is, of course, changeable. > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 5:28 PM, Dave <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > What is the password for this guest account? > Is the password random generated? > > Is remote access of any kind enabled by default for this guest account? > > In what way is the guest account different from any of the half dozen or so > other accounts(with the obvious exception of access rights) > created during a default Ubuntu install? > > How insecure is it really? > > I am not an Ubuntu expert so these are genuine questions, I am far to busy to > research this at this time so I ask these questions in the hope > than an Ubuntu Guru comes forth and either allays all my/your/our fears(if > they exist) or scares me/us into action. > > regards > Dave > > > > -- > “There's a reason we separate military and the police: one fights the enemy > of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military > becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.” > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
