--- Peter Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was very surprised, that when I was installing > a 3.9 system, that you can use an empty root > password > > I accidentally entered a 'return' when it asked for > the > root password, so I entered a 'return" again when > I was asked to repeat the password, thinking that > a empty password would be denied, and I would be > asked > again.
This is a feature, not a bug. And I'm not being sarcastic. :-) What if you have a test machine not connected to any network and is physically secure and you need to log on as root alot. It would be nice to not have to enter any password if you didn't want to. This is normal UNIX behaviour. The OpenBSD people aren't going to 'force' you to do everything securely. They just give you the means and tools to be so. It's up to you to use them correctly. (Not that the scenario above is a 'good' idea. It's just that I 'should' be able to do it if I so choose) Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
