Huge security problem with Breezy

[Joe(theWordy)Philbrook]

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It would appear that on Mar 14, David A' Rebel did say:

>  Granted but I still would be way more careful about taking the word
>  of a forum and one person before arbitrarily deleting any files from my
>  system critical or otherwise. For anyone to read that file they would
>  have have access to your computer or access to it over a very insecure
>  network for them to read it anyway.

In my case however it wasn't just the OP's word... I looked at the file
which, since I had installed breezy from a cd (expert install mode) And
was quite annoyed to recognize the initial password I had assigned to my
root account... Quite aside from the fact that I do know enough to
change my password(s) And even though my PC doesn't accept remote
logins, I didn't like the idea that it had logged the password in clear
text. At this point that file HAD to go. in fact since I use ext2, using
shred on it was a viable option... Which I'd have done on general
principles even if it WAS a mission critical file without which kubuntu
couldn't ever run again... But as luck would have it, it was only a log
file, so there was no downside to shredding it...

Joe



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"passwords logged in clear text???"

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