Re: [cobalt-users] questions about becoming root

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> 1) Should I be able to su and become root?

Yes

> 2) Should I worry about this since I have changed the admin
> password?

It should be looked into, sure. Sounds like they manually set the root 
password to be different from admin -- a good security move, as long 
as you know what the new password is!  :)

> 3) I am considering doing a reinstall with the OSRCD. Should I do
> that?

A reinstall is definitely the safe thing to do, especially as you 
don't know what else might be on there, and you haven't filled up the 
server with content yet.

Just make sure you install all the updates before putting the server 
online...

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Bruce Timberlake

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