-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/30/07 15:15, Sarunas Burdulis wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 08/30/07 14:37, Hal Vaughan wrote: [snip] > >>> While it's just a small, niggling detail and may be just >>> semantics, there is a true root account on Ubuntu that can be >>> used the same as a root account on any Debian release. The >>> only difference is it doesn't have a password on setup. >> >> You've GOT to be kidding... Right? Please? > > "doesn't have a password" does not mean "empty password" in this > case. /etc/shadow has "!" for root's password field, which, > together with pam config, prevents logging into account.
Ah, ok. That makes me feel *much* better. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFG1ykIS9HxQb37XmcRAgVVAJwPTCUAsKbmUIgCvER6lC8jp97ncwCbBlJM MTlZHrOucWFjskwBVyP5mqA= =g9mL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
