Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 11:57:34 +1100 (EST) From: <freebsd-lists@albury.net.au> To: Wim Livens <wim@livens.net> Cc: <freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: root without password ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.31.0201091154030.70965-100000@giroc.albury.net.au> In-Reply-To: <20020109004913.GB54233@krijt.livens.net>
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On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Wim Livens wrote: > In order not having them to type the root password all the time when > doing su, I thought of using a passwordless root account. > > Would that be a stupid thing to do (security-wise) if the following > conditions are met: I don't recall where I found it, but a snippet from my sudoers file: PEOPLE MACHINES = NOPASSWD: COMMANDS I can't see mention of NOPASSWD in the man page, but it works for me. YMMV. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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