On Tuesday 20 March 2007 12:49, Carlos E. R. wrote: Hi,
> I think that it should be indeed documented in the manual. Security > by obscurity gives a false sense of security: the novice may thing > that his computer is safe just because the root password is > unguessable, neglecting to protect the access to the physical > computer. sorry if I start to get a little bit angry, but I _strongly_ suggest reading the manual _before_ discussing it's contents or complaining about allegedly missing content. There is a chapter about security http://www.novell.com/documentation/opensuse102/opensuse102_reference/data/cha_security.html that throws light on the most important security matters (including the implications of others having physical access to the machine) _without_ the need to tell people how to break in. -- Regards Frank Frank Sundermeyer, Technical Writer, Documentation SUSE Linux Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg Tel: +49-911-74053-0, Fax: +49-911-7417755; http://www.opensuse.org/ SUSE Linux Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) "Reality is always controlled by the people who are most insane" Dogbert -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
