Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 13:55:34 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: dima@best.net (Dima Ruban) Cc: ache@nagual.pp.ru (Andrey A. Chernov), guido@gvr.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc master.passwd Message-ID: <199812022155.NAA19166@apollo.backplane.com> References: <199812022135.NAA02023@burka.rdy.com>
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I use the operator account for backups too (via ssh/dump). But, that said,
since master.passwd is only installed on totally clean, new systems, I
don't think the defaults make much of a difference. Besides, the password
is '*'d out.
I suppose, theoretically, if some hacker were able to create a file or
directories in /, they would be able to break into the account. But anyone
capable of that can probably break root directly. If we were totally
paranoid, we would set these home directories to a secure subdirectory
using chflags [no]schg.
I'm not that paranoid.
-Matt
:I think, it's bullshit change. I use operator account to do backups for
:example. Now, this commit breaks half of my scripts. And I don't think I'm
:...
:-- dima
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