Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> If I have a firewall, and I'm the only person who uses my computer, do I 
> really have to have a password on my non-root account?
>
> I know the answer is "yes" but -- why?  They can't do anything to my 
> machine anyway, except use it.  And due to the firewall that never 
> happens anyway.

What I do on my machines is to have a password but to configure GDM
and login not to require a password for local logins. So that anyone
sitting at my computer could log in without a password, but they
couldn't do that over ssh.

Bijan
-- 
Bijan Soleymani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.crasseux.com


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