how to crate new super user from terminal in fedora core 3

Tim ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au
Fri Jun 30 04:25:26 UTC 2006


kirjoitti viestissään:
>>> also how i protect root user password so that no one will
>>> break it

Markku Kolkka:
>> Choose a long enough random character string, don't write it 
>> down, don't login directly to root account (use su) and don't 
>> tell it to anyone.

Tim:
> You'd also want to make it harder for someone to reset it.  Password
> protect the GRUB bootloader, and the BIOS.  That way, someone has to
> crack open the box to have a go at changing it, and they're more likely
> to get seen doing it.

Forgot to mention:  You'd also change the boot sequence to only boot
from the hard drive.

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