From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Jul 15 16:33:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA05275 for freebsd-doc-outgoing; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 16:33:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (fullermd@shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA05248 for ; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 16:33:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fullermd@shell.futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA16425; Wed, 15 Jul 1998 18:33:07 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <19980715183307.03459@futuresouth.com> Date: Wed, 15 Jul 1998 18:33:07 -0500 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Roman Katsnelson Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: single user mode References: <35ACF3D6.C175FC2F@graphnet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <35ACF3D6.C175FC2F@graphnet.com>; from Roman Katsnelson on Wed, Jul 15, 1998 at 02:24:22PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Jul 15, 1998 at 02:24:22PM -0400, Roman Katsnelson woke me up to tell me: > Hi, > > Just a small suggestion for the FAQ. Regarding the "Eek! I forgot my > password!" section. > > "Isn't it a big security risk when it's that easy to change root > password?" -- I have seen this question asked a bunch of times and asked > it myself when I first started. I think the answer to this would be a > good thing to add to the FAQ. > > Let me know if you want me to try and write it. Well, you certainly won't hear anyone say 'no' to you writing it ;) Go for it, send it in to this list when you're done and we can probably either offer suggestions or say 'Great, we'll get it committed'. Some suggestions: Try to be as thorough as possible, while still keeping it easily readable for less experienced users. BUT, while doing this, keep it short and sweet; one, maybe 2 paragraphs. Make sure you mention that you CAN disable that in /etc/ttys, why you would and why you might not want to do so, etc. I'll help you write review it if you'd like. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message