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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
