Security.

[spoetnik]

I think the Ubuntu way is even more secure.
The standard 'Root' way is more insecure beacause you know the
username, and 'only' have to gues the password to get root access.
The ubuntu way is more secure because you have to guess the username,
and the password to get root access.
To get rid of your 'insecure' feeling, create a new user, and dont'
give it root privileges. Don't put that user name in the /etc/sudoers
file.

The root user is disabled by default. So thinking it just has a blank
password is wrong.

Keith Powell Wrote: 
> I have been trying Ubuntu for the past week and like it! However, I have
> 
> a question about its apparent lack of security, which I hope isn't too
> 
> "Ubuntu Newbie-ish" and inflammatory.
> 
> As installed, my user password is also my root password. Does this not
> 
> mean that if anyone found out my user password, they could also get 
> into the system as root and so do what they liked with it? With the 
> other Linux distros I have used, one needs a separate root password, so
> 
> making it much harder for others to do any damage. Sorry, but to me 
> this smacks of the pre-XP Windows wide-openness.
> 
> I see from the Unofficial Ubuntu Guide, that it is possible to set up a
> 
> separate root password. Shouldn't this be the default and set up on 
> installation?
> 
> There must be many, many, others who have simply installed Ubuntu and 
> who will be in this situation.
> 
> I am not trying to be abusive in any way about Ubuntu, but am wondering
> 
> what the reason for this "no root password" is.
> 
> If anyone could either explain the reason, or point me to where to find
> 
> it, I would be grateful.   
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Keith
> 
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