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Re: [cobalt-users] URGENT: Cannot su - while being admin
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] URGENT: Cannot su - while being admin
- From: flash22@xxxxxxx
- Date: Tue Jan 8 04:58:06 2002
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Rik Thomas wrote:
> > I don't think you can fix this without booting and logging in physically,
> > unless you did something evil like letting root ssh ;P
> Please don't spread misinformation about. There is enough of it on this
> list and the many others. The session is encryted, you are passing the same
> encrypted information whether logging in as root or passing the command to
> su to root.
OK, simple answer in the form of a question...
How many passwords do you have to guess to log in directly as root?
How many passwords do you have to guess to log in as user and then log in
again as root via su ?
Which is easier / faster ?
gsh