RE: [cobalt-users] Change FTP to have root access No Answer?

[Chuck <nagy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Sales - Way to the Web wrote:

> ..."all" you need to do is to edit /etc/ftpusers and remove or # out root
> from the file.
> 
> Of course, you know this is a VERY BAD idea. This means your root password
> is flying across the internet in clear text. If you really must do this,
> immediately change the file back *AND* change your admin/root password at
> the same time.

Actually you don't have to have the same admin and root passwords. And
since most people use the non-secure way to the admin GUI, it is better to
change the root passwd to be different from the admin one.