begin quoting James G. Sack (jim) as of Fri, Mar 10, 2006 at 04:05:25PM -0800: [snip] > I have also seen the root username renamed, and additional uid=0 users, > but I have a hunch the first might break something, and the second just > smells ugly.
I've made additional uid 0 users, and it's saved my bacon a time or two. > Removing _all_ passwords leaves an uneasy feeling. But I suppose if > there were some fallback login when whatever can't happen does, ... Knoppix and friends... # mount /dev/hda3 /mnt # vi /mnt/etc/passwd # sync # umount /dev/hda3 # eject # reboot -- _ |\_ \| -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
