I'm glad this point was raised albeit via sarcasm. I believe the intent of the response was to point out a glaring security hole existent in the default setup. Thanks! The suggestion is to edit the default setup and use different passwords for "root" and "admin" and well worth the price of admission to this list. Sounds like a good idea to me.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 6:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [cobalt-developers] I need "Admin" with "Root" FTP Permissions > For security reasons I would never use ftp with the admin account. In the > default setup the roor password is the same as the adminpassword and ftp > transfers the password in plain text with no encryption of any kind. If you > need root/admin access ONLY use ssh. And what do you use for ftp sessions - another user id? rgrds, Johan --------------------------------------------- This message was sent using M-Web Airmail. http://airmail.mweb.co.za/ _______________________________________________ cobalt-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers _______________________________________________ cobalt-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.cobalt.com/mailman/listinfo/cobalt-developers
