Jochen Hein wrote:
> I disagree. If there is no password at all, *anybody* can access the > root account. If I'm setting up on a public machine (like I did > here), I have a problem. You can also do an automatic network setup if you specify your network configuration in the parmfile (not yet documented), this will not be possible any longer if you have to enter an installation password. So you either shoudl also be able to specify this password in the parmfile or the installer can create a random password that must be entered when you make the telnet connection. > Not in any case. Maybe adding a *very* simple password check to login > (no need for encypted passwords for example), or a TCP-Wrapper to an > IP address may be helpful. I also thought of this. Maybe we can just write the password to a file in /tmp (I'd like to avoid writing to /etc so the initrd can be mounted read-only which a tmpfs mounted on /tmp) and adjust login.c to check this password. What do you think of this approach? -- Stefan Gybas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
