root login

[Sylvain Robitaille]

On Tue, 7 May 2002, Sam Hartman wrote:

> You're probably just as happy logging in as root using ssh or
> encrypted rlogin using a root instance; you get the same auditing as
> with ksu and don't have to have user accounts on trusted servers.

I suppose you might have a point, but I still cringe at the idea of
logging in over the network as root.  However, assuming the network's
running and available, presumably the KDC is reachable, and there's no
need to check the local password file for root.  Mind you, I didn't mean
to use 'ksu', but rather 'su' once you're logged in, to be root on the
local machine only (frankly that's beside the point, of course; your
point still stands).

I could still be wrong, but I'm fairly certain the intention was to be
able to access Slackware's single-user mode, which still requires
knowledge of the root password to access.

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Sylvain Robitaille                              syl at alcor.concordia.ca

Systems analyst                                   Concordia University
Instructional & Information Technology        Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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