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Re: [RULE] Real Endusers installing w/ Slinky
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Bryan J. Smith |
Subject: |
Re: [RULE] Real Endusers installing w/ Slinky |
Date: |
02 Jul 2003 02:05:50 -0400 |
On Tue, 2003-07-01 at 20:02, Michael Fratoni wrote:
> Thinking on this a bit more, a user "linux" with a password of "linux"
> isn't any better than a null password. But I still don't like it. ;)
> Actually, I'm a bit surprised that the passwd/pam utilities would allow
> 'linux' as a password.
The root user (who is also the installer) can and does bypass all
password checking criteria.
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