On Wednesday 24 January 2007 21:52, Peter Bradley wrote: > Ysgrifennodd Anders Johansson: > > and if you run as root, this won't protect you at all > > > > If you run as root, you deserve everything you get. It's folly and > > stupidity, and I certainly hope you're not suggesting this to any other > > newbies you're showing linux to. > > In fairness, I don't think that was what this marginal troll was saying.
You're right, I misread. I thought he wanted to run without a user account, but he only wants his user account to not have a password If he doesn't allow logins at all on his system, that might not be a security hole, so that's not so bad as running as root But it shouldn't be the default, the default should be to force it. At present, it doesn't force a strong password, you can have the password "hello", and yast will produce warnings about it but it will let you do it. I don't think this is a bad thing -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
