On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 13:31 +1000, Simon Bowden wrote: > Getting the root password itself is quite separate from getting root > access (unless you've not cleaned up after that ubuntu bug which leaves it
I know. I guess it should be an "impossible" task since he doesn't want to give away the money but just attract some clientelle, in a sick kind of way. I added in the read a file bit so it sounded more interesting. > cleartext). Unless someone is regularly keying in the root password and > they're capturing that somehow, then they'll need to break they crypt to > get it... (right?). Which seems a little unfair. I agree it sounds unfair but do we really want people to have much of a chance? Anyway, thanks for your comments, Simon. -- Simon Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
