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RE: [cobalt-users] Cleartext Root Password
- Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] Cleartext Root Password
- From: "Rodolfo J. Paiz" <rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed May 10 16:33:13 2000
> Has anyone else noticed that on Cobalt CacheRAQ's the root
> password is stored in cleartext in the file /etc/ADMINPW ?
Absolutely, utterly, completely unacceptable.
No system, ever, for any reason, should exhibit this behavior. And yes, I
fully agree that this is a "feature" Cobalt should fix ASAP. Have you
verified that it only occurs on this equipment? Or does it occur on other
Cobalt systems?
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Rodolfo J. Paiz
rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:rpaiz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>