Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 12:12:38 -0400 From: Teo De Las Heras <teoheras@gmail.com> To: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: su - does not ask for password Message-ID: <d9d7f5a0510150912x53310758ve7015c0d519376eb@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <cb5206420510150056i1453f785p95b8939cc9d64a0a@mail.gmail.com> References: <d9d7f5a0510140848l4fe53012gd9446c3de532121b@mail.gmail.com> <200510141759.42676@harrymail> <d9d7f5a0510141045n16606fbeub3ced76433791d78@mail.gmail.com> <d9d7f5a0510141105t7331d386i73427ad223b3dfec@mail.gmail.com> <cb5206420510141135g37c88a60obc018469d690a011@mail.gmail.com> <d9d7f5a0510141745s1a563653y1850d4066de8b2f9@mail.gmail.com> <cb5206420510150056i1453f785p95b8939cc9d64a0a@mail.gmail.com>
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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. > >
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