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