A lot of the objections are being made because the assumption that you need the root password to shut down is incorrect. Bootshell, the Signal Shutdown facility, etc., obviate the need for that.
For automation, I would find some other method of getting commands to a system. I don't ever leave any of my systems logged on when I disconnect from the console. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Rob van der Heij [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 5:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Question: setting up SuSE SLES7 to automatically be logged on as root during boot up ..... On Wed, 2003-10-29 at 20:53, James Melin wrote: > Aside from being EXCEPTIONALLY dangerous, why do you want this? -snip- While the obvious reason for doing this is the automation that runs on that virtual console, another good reason imho is that systems staff do not need to find a root password when system administration is done by others. Rob
