Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 23:23:31 -0800 From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: Benjamin Lutz <benlutz@datacomm.ch> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: remote login as root / su-able user Message-ID: <38D72373.1A135AC@gorean.org> References: <NDBBKGBBKDPDNFIFCJEJIELECBAA.benlutz@datacomm.ch>
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Benjamin Lutz wrote:
>
> I've been following the recent discussion about that guy wanting to remote
> login as root. I understand that allowing this possibility is not very
> clever, at least if the machine is accessible via the internet or any other
> larger (public) network. So if you wanna do some maintenance remotely, you
> su to root.
> But now, where's the difference?
2 passwords, vs. 1.
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