Subject: Re: connecting as root
From: Martin Wilhelm Leidig (mwl@moss.net)
Date: Sun Jan 30 2000 - 13:11:32 EST
Alistair Riddell wrote in "Re: connecting as root" [00-01-30
01.11 +0100]:
>In addition to these reasons there is also accountability. The
>idea is
>that in an environment where more than one person might know
>the root
>password, unless you have physical access to the console you must
>authenticate yourself as a normal user to make your true
>identity known
>before you change to root.
Yeah, also a good idea _if_ there is more than one user - but
_I_ do know myself ... ;-)
-Moss-
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