Re: [cobalt-users] root & admin passwords

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 06:08 AM 1/13/00  Andrew D. Forkes wrote:

> Simple question, I notice the root & admin passwords are the same on our
> RaQ2 at present.  Obviously not too secure, considering the plain-text
> messaging abilities of web browsers (!)
>
> My question - Do these 2 account *have* to have the same password for any
> particular reason, or is this a default configuration ?

No, they don't have to be the same (or so I've been told).

But if you take the trouble to change your root password you should also 
consider disabling telnet and using only ssh; as telnet also passes 
passwords and anything else you type in plain text.

Jeff

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