Jan Stary wrote: > On Jan 15 10:21:05, [email protected] wrote: >> One of the things I do on my boxes is activating the root account; > > Meaning that you can now do what? > Login as root on a console? > Login as root via ssh? > >> and in some cases removing the other admin accounts, > > Why?
When root is activated, there's no need for a normal admin account > >> so I've only got root and users. > > Meaning: users that can't su to root? correct > >> Now, if the root account is de-activated > > Is _that_ the problem you are talking about? > i.e. Apple 'disables' the root account with the udate? yes > >> you have no way of administering the box >> - even with sudo at normal user accounts can't use sudo. > > Well, keep yourself being admin then. why ? Apple shouldn't disable the root account through a supplementary update when I've chosen to activate it. They have _never_ done this before ! > >> Also if you have scrips that eg ssh into the box from the outside, >> this will completely thow off your setup. > > You have scripts that remotely log in as root? presently no but I ssh into my boxes as root in order to admin them there's stuff I can only access as root - eg the postfix and dovecot logs -- Bjarne D Mathiesen Korsør ; Danmark ; Europa ---------------------------------------------------------------------- denne besked er skrevet i et totalt M$-frit miljø macOS 10.13.2 High Sierra (17C205) 2 x 3,46 GHz 6-Core Intel Xeon ; 48 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 ECC ATI Radeon HD 5770 1024 MB
