You can also use sudo, and that gives two things.
Firstly very few people actually need to know the root password, and
secondly it logs everything that is done using sudo and by whom, giving you
an audit trait. Authentication is done with their own passwords and the
/etc/sudoers file which says what that person is allowed to do.
David
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>slap the hands of everyone involved.
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Or start using ssh with public/private key authentication for access.
This way you separate authentication and access control.
Rob
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