From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Apr 8 02:48:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA02453 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 02:48:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA02375 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 02:48:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id TAA14731; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 19:48:03 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980408194800.21697@welearn.com.au> Date: Wed, 8 Apr 1998 19:48:00 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Mark Ovens Cc: "Michael P. Sale" , freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mtools use References: <01bd6296$aece1600$5006bccc@708644668> <352B28B2.5BDE9363@uk.radan.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <352B28B2.5BDE9363@uk.radan.com>; from Mark Ovens on Wed, Apr 08, 1998 at 08:35:14AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Apr 08, 1998 at 08:35:14AM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote: > Note! This will not work if you have a password set for root (which > would probably be the case in a commercial environment, but not > necessarily on a home machine). That sounds extremely dangerous to me. One day someone you've told might convince you how dangerous it is. Meanwhile I hope it doesn't become fashionable among those who are not as well able to appreciate the consequences of having no root password. -- Regards, -*Sue*- find / -name "*.conf" |more To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message