> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of John Summerfield > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 5:34 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: recover root password
[snip] > > Red Hat expects administrators to know and use root's password. That's > what su does. > > SUSE expects administrators to know and use root's password. It > configures sudo to work that way. Strange. On my OpenSUSE at home, it asks for my password, not root's password. > > Until the vendors change their approach, administrators are > going to be > working that way. That can be fixed by the administrator using visudo to change /etc/sudoers. Granted, another customization that the vendor should do. Perhaps. But you know how much people will scream "why did that CHANGE!!!!" if the vendor does it. > > The only Linux distribution that expects administrators to > use their own > password is Ubuntu, and while it's based off Debian that is available > for IBM mainframes, Ubuntu isn't yet. > > One can also login as root without password if ssh is so configured. Hopefully you mean with a cert instead of a password. > > -- > > Cheers -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
