Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 09:55:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Anderson <ciscoaix@yahoo.com> To: Teo De Las Heras <teoheras@gmail.com>, "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: su - does not ask for password Message-ID: <20051015165524.12619.qmail@web52701.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <d9d7f5a0510150912x53310758ve7015c0d519376eb@mail.gmail.com>
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Teo, If you check your log files you may see something in there about passwordless accounts. :) ~Mr. Anderson --- Teo De Las Heras <teoheras@gmail.com> wrote: > That's exactly why I just assumed that I had set a > password for root...I > didn't think it was possible to not have a password > set. > Teo > > On 10/15/05, Andrew P. <infofarmer@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > On 10/15/05, Teo De Las Heras <teoheras@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > That worked! I thought I remembered giving root > a password!? So, if > > > you don't have a password set, one is not asked > for? > > > > > > Teo > > > > > > > Quite so. You should never ever leave root > password > > blank. In fact, FreeBSD as an OS and many programs > > try to be secure and deny root access (in some > ways) > > if there's no password. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
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