Op za 08-11-2003, om 13:52 schreef Jason Stubbs: > On Saturday 08 November 2003 21:00, Patrick Marquetecken wrote: > > I just saw something weird, when xscreensaver was actieve, my daughter > > entered the root password (just lucky) in combination with my username > > and my screen was unlocked !!! > > Just lucky? Your root password is your daughter's name is it not? ;-) You > shouldn't give out even hints about stuff like that. well actually, I use it as standard password on another computer at home, with she knows. > > > I tough only the right combination of username and password will unlock > > te screen? > > XScreensaver always accepts the root password regardless of who is logged in > so that root can always access the machine. Take the case where VTSwitching > and killing of the XServer are disabled, root can only gain access to the > machine by getting passed the screensaver. > > Jason > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Thanks. Patrick -- "Do you know what a Vulcan mind meld is?" -- Tuvok "It's that thing where you grab someone's head..." -- Crewman Suiter PGP Key: http://users.pandora.be/rivendell/marquetp.gpg Fingerprint = 2792 057F C445 9486 F932 3AEA D3A3 1B0C 1059 273B ICQ# 316932703 Registered Linux User #44550 http://counter.li.org
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