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Re: [cobalt-users] Qube2 root password



> > Also, when you change the admin password using the GUI, the
> > root password is also changed _unless_ you have changed the
> > root password using passwd.
>
> This isn't right.
>
> The GUI changes both the admin and root password ALWAYS. Whenever you
change
> the admin password, you'll find that the root password is not identical to
> it. I wanted to leave admin functions to one of the guys in the office but
> keep root access to myself (also killing telnet and using SSH), so I
changed
> the root password. I also told him to change the admin password every two
> weeks.
>
> Two weeks later, I couldn't get into the Qube.


Isn't that EXACTLY what Peter said?


Trevor.