Re: [cobalt-users] Question: Will making root pword diff from admin cause trouble?

[Peter Low <peterlow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:17 PM 7/20/01 -0400, you wrote:
> "Michael" <mike@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Quick question. In order to beef-up security I changed the root
> > password to something different from the admin password.
> > I did this in an ssh shell.
>
> Smart move.  It doesn't break the GUI, works great, advantages = ALL,
> disadvantages = NONE.

I don't know if anyone else has pointed this out yet (emails seem to take a 
long time to post to the list), but if someone changes the admin password 
through the GUI, the root password is set to the new admin 
password.  Changing the root password may not provide as much security as 
you think.

Peter