20 Dec
2015
20 Dec
'15
9:32 p.m.
On Sunday 20 December 2015 22.19:06 Lisi Reisz wrote:
Yes!!!
Lisi
While this has nothing to do with TDE, that is my main reason for sticking to
the "old" user/root system. Windows users mostly don't use a superuser
(although they could) because it's "complicated". Mac users "have no
root",
but that means that if they use an easy password (I should not say, but I
can't move my wife from 654321 ...), anyone having access to their computer
can turn root on and lock them out.
Same with Linux: if I can easily guess someone's user password and he has sudo
rights, then sudo passwd root and sudo passwd <user>: I'm the boos and he's
out.
So, as long as sudo users don't use strong password (and most I know
_don't_ ), a separate root password is more secure.
Thierry
Why does root's password need to be
stronger, since the user has full root privileges???
Lisi
Good question Lisi, one I've yet to hear a good explanation for from the
bunto folks, and I did ask a couple times in the past. Should I make the
pw I use just as obtuse & long?