how to log in as root on desktop

Tapas Mishra mightydreams at gmail.com
Wed Dec 1 15:09:18 UTC 2010


On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Chris G <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 01, 2010 at 12:43:22PM +0530, Tapas Mishra wrote:
>>
>> # Users don't have to remember an extra password (i.e. the root
>> password), which they are likely to forget.
>> #
>> This is trivial.
>>
> Not to mention that an intruder needs to know *two* passwords to do much
> damage.
>
> If you disable root ssh logins then from outside one has to know a user
> password and then, when you're in as a user, you need to know the root
> password as well.
Ya so having a root password is beneficial.Is that you are trying to say.




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