On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 09:20:35PM +0100, Petr Lautrbach wrote: > There are several use cases when local non-root users are not needed at > all as others already pointed out.
Including in some cases where there should both be no root password _and_ no local non-system users. > The change itself is simple however the problem is more complex overall. > Here are some thoughts I have about the change: > - administrators are alerted when they use weak password for root by > anaconda This has long been the case. However, if it explains _why_, I forget, for the same reason that this never works. (Yeah yeah whatever, I just want to install my system now and keep using "godmode" as my root password just like I always have so I don't forget it.) [more snipped] > - default sudoers uses password of an user for authentication, so even > when I have a non-root user in wheel group, I only need one user's > password to become root This is also the case already. -- Matthew Miller <mat...@fedoraproject.org> Fedora Project Leader -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
