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Date:      Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:39:14 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
To:        Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
Cc:        Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, APseudoUtopia <apseudoutopia@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Locked out of Root
Message-ID:  <20081024003903.F18194@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
In-Reply-To: <20081023150144.GC81643@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
References:  <27ade5280810221955l6bb7fe23u504b008e6799fc57@mail.gmail.com> <444p33pmbp.fsf@lowell-desk.lan> <20081023144157.S10109@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081023150144.GC81643@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>

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> It guarantees that the root password is passed encrypted.
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> So, next time do NOT enable root loging via ssh.
> Instead, put the non-root user in the wheel group.

funny :)

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> ////jerry
>
>>
>> if course it's not bright to login as root over telnet through public
>> network, but too - it's not security hole in system, just in
>> administrator's brain if he/she do it this way.
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