I cannot login in after a fresh install, don't know root password, and it never asked me to create a user
J.Markoll
j.markoll at free.fr
Wed Aug 3 14:31:51 UTC 2005
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Frank Hale a écrit :
|>Not having a root password is by design and a good security measure...
|>You don't have to set one
| Is this proven to be safe?
It is safer because it prevents us unexeperienced newbies from keeping
a root console opened longer than necessary, as it can lead to
serious errors from the admin (the user acting as admin) and also
can allow an attacker to gain root priviledge (that's how I was
explained about this question when I was myself questioning)
|Why aren't more distro's adopting this?
Unless I mistake, sudo can be used on all Unix type systems.
According to what I read on some docs on the web, it's been used
systematically by the former computer users.
Ubuntu just didn't integrate the creation of a root account
during the install. That's how the root account is disable
by default.
Best greetings, J.Markoll.
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