root login

I've had to repair a system whose filesystem was slightly corrupted. It's in good shape now, except that, from the console, a login for root does not request a password, it just logs you in. And tty0 does not even prompt. It just logs in as root. I believe that the installion script did not

Upgrading to Hamm

Is it worthwhile to upgrade to hamm now, or should I wait till it is released? It would be very useful to have the latest netscape package, and the latest xemacs package, but I don't need a broken system. Should I just continue to bid my time? When is debian 2.0 due? thanks, kirstin -- Take