On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 09:40:22PM -0400, pa...@quillandmouse.com wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jun 2023 18:12:56 -0400 > Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> wrote: > > [snip] > > > 1) Have a root password. SET A FUCKING ROOT PASSWORD. Seriously. > > Do that, and there are those who will harangue you for it. Sadly, > people who argue either way know more than I do about these security > matters. And because expert opinions vary, I don't take either one > seriously.
They aren't that different. There was a time I thought to need a root PW for the cases where the system gets stuck in the initramfs (e.g. it can't mount the root file system due to corruption). Since then, I've learnt that - having an install medium around is way more comfortable than the initramfs environment anyway - the thing happens every 2.5 years, take or give; for when it happens again, I've forgotten the darned root password (no, it's not written on the laptop's bottom ;-) Since then, I stopped setting a root PW. Not worth the effort, for my usage patterns. I don't think I'm significantly more secure for that. Cheers -- t
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