Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Bruce A. Mallett wrote: > > > If the user setup is done first then new users are more likely to add > > themselves > > as a user. Then when prompted for the root/admin. password they will have > > already setup a non-root user that can be the default login. > > > > I don't agree with this, unless authentication is split off. Since, in any > case where a network authentication method (LDAP, NIS, Windows Domain) is > used, in most cases a user account will not be necessary.
well, currently drakx doesn't take this into account when prompting for users to add or not... > A root account > is always necessary, and should be where the user uses their good password > ;-). > > Of course, there are other problems which are not easily solved, in higher > security levels you are asked for an account to send alerts to, before any > accounts (including setting of root password) have been made. But I don't > hink it would be practical to move the dialog. i tend to agree. Some people here want to merge both dialog boxes... will see...
