Feedback please

[Guillermo Garron]

On 4/21/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> On Sat, 2007-04-21 at 20:59 -0400, Guillermo Garron wrote:
> > Withouth wanting to start a fight, I may think this distro is even
> > more secure for not having root user, (actually it has, but has no
> > password so you can not use it, unless you run
> > sudo passwd root
> > and put a password)
> > because the hacker need to guess your username and your password to
> > gain access to the server, not only the password.
>
> Though, if it's not possible for a remote user to log in as root, the
> point is moot.  You can decide who's allowed to log in remotely (the
> username that they first use as they log in, after that they can su to
> anyone else).

Yes you are right in any other distro, you can disable root ssh login,
and in that case you in the same position as Ubuntu.

I even wrote about it:
http://www.go2linux.org/node/42

Anyway you are right it is moot. :)

-- 
Guillermo Garron
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