About root or administrative account

[G Ram Kumar]

It may not be a good idea to have a single login to do anything like 'God'.
Isn't it better to ask for password every time some administrative task is
done? It minimizes risk of hacking.

Ramkumar

On 3/23/07, David B Teague <davidbteague at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>
> Note that one chooses his advice by choosing his adviser. Nevertheless
> I'm asking this question here, in the hope of getting both sides of an
> issue that has bothered me since discovering *buntu.
>
> A pundit from TechRepublic made the following remark about the *buntu
> distributions:
> *
>
> *Question: How about a bad one [distribution]?*
> *
> This is easy, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Xubuntu are bad distros,
> they killed security by disabling root account. Any distro with no
> system admin account is bad.
>
>
> Please argue for me both sides of this feature. I admit to having qualms
> about *buntu not having a root account.
>
>
> Please note that I expect to receive answers supportive of *buntu from
> this list. However, I'm looking for incisive answers that tell me why
> the *buntu solution to the administrative annoyance is truly better than
> the more traditional *nix solution, yet tell me the down side of not
> having a root account.
>
> Finally, if this is an already thoroughly argued issue and is in a FAQ,
> please post the URL. If there are further questions, I'll ask again .
>
> With Warmest Regards
> David Teague
>
>
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