Re: [expert] Root Password

[John Oliver]

Bill Piety wrote:
> 
> What a scary thread this is. I never realized it could be so easy to
> take control of someone's Linux box. Or did I miss a key element of the
> discussion? Why even have a password at all?

I don't know about you, but I don't allow random strangers physical
access to my machines... ;-)  Try to root one, and you're being a bad
boy.  Break into my house or work, and you're committing a felony, and
one that'll see you lying on the floor trying to digest a couple of
Glaser Safety Slugs if it happens at my house... ;-)

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