My surprise was not because of a perceived lack
of security, but rather that the "passwd" command
will not let you set any password to be the
empty password. (Yes, I know there are other
methods to force it)
On 5/8/06, Lars Hansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sunday 07 May 2006 18:41, Jonathan Glaschke wrote:
> If administrators are so dump to use an emtpy password on internet
> servers, it wouldn't be usefull to force a password.
That's not necessarily dumb. If your location is physically secure
On Sunday 07 May 2006 18:41, Jonathan Glaschke wrote:
> If administrators are so dump to use an emtpy password on internet
> servers, it wouldn't be usefull to force a password.
That's not necessarily dumb. If your location is physically secure and you
dont allow remote root logins there is no p
in fact, using an empty root password is a perfectly correct and smart
security practice.Don't tell that to anyone, as the openbsd guys are
trying to keep this technique for themselves.
A second step to secure your system is to post your machine's ip here.
Nodoby here believes in securi
> 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.
>
man, if you want to enter an empty password, do it! unix is
a syste
> Think of somebody who burgles your house to steal your privat
> data. When
*rofl* --> burgles your house to steal your privat data?
come on, before this happens your dead and your home-cinema is gone!
i'd bet, nobody is really interested in private data. the only
thing i can imagine is someth
On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 05:30:21PM -0700, Eric Furman wrote:
> --- 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
On 5/6/06, Eric Furman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
--- 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
--- 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 'retu
Thus spake Jonathan Glaschke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [06/05/06 16:58]:
: Think of somebody who burgles your house to steal your privat data. When
: your computer asks him to enter the password he sure will try the well
: known standard passwords like "god", "secret" and "sex". Or maybe
: "swordfish".
lesson today:
if you don't want the first entered pwd, enter something different on
the second pass, and it WILL ask you again ;)
Peter Fraser wrote:
>I was very surprised, that when I was installing
>a 3.9 system, that you can use an empty root password
>
>I accidentally
On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 03:14:56PM -0400, Peter Fraser 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 'retur
Peter Fraser 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
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
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