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Re: [cobalt-users] Question: Will making root pword diff from admin cause trouble?
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Question: Will making root pword diff from admin cause trouble?
- From: Carrie Bartkowiak <ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri Jul 20 04:53:05 2001
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
On Fri, 20 Jul 2001 11:10:18 -0500, Michael mumbled something like:
>>I find it hard to
>>believe the GUI can operate properly WITHOUT the ability to root.
You have to remember that scripts don't need passwords to operate.
They're owned and grouped as root, so they'll run as root no matter
what the password is.
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