Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 00:17:31 -0500 From: Arcady Genkin <agenkin-dated-1011329481.db2849@thpoon.com> To: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Multiple root accounts Message-ID: <87zo3p776c.fsf@tea.thpoon.com>
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What is the better scenario for a situation with multiple sysadmins
for one system:
a. all admins share one root account and pass
b. there is a separate root account per each admin, with its own
pass
Historically, at my ork place there are five admins sharing the same
root account. I think that scenario (b) is better, but maybe there
are gotchas with this approach.
Here's what I can think of with regards to having one UID 0 account
per each admin:
Pros:
- each admin can have his own customization (dot files etc.)
- possibly, accountability is increased
- each admin can choose a password that's easy to remember for him
- no need to communicate a new password, like it would have to be
communicated if one root account were shared
Cons:
- there is a chance that some admin would choose a weak root password
- anything else?..
What am I missing? It would be nice to hear how others approach this
problem.
FWIW, the network consists of almost equal shares of Solaris and Linux
computers (no BSD boxes so far) with /etc/password shared over NFS.
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Arcady Genkin
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