Login as root on Fedora Core 9
bruce
bedouglas at earthlink.net
Wed May 21 14:45:44 UTC 2008
umm...
for those of us who haven't followed the entire thread...
are you stating that you can't login (as root) to a fc9 machine when you're
local/console to the box?
or is this a situation where you're attempting to do a remote/ssh login as
root?
thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com]On Behalf Of David Boles
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:29 PM
To: For users of Fedora
Subject: Re: Login as root on Fedora Core 9
David L. Gehrt wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> This is a situation in which I think too much is being done to protect
> us. I have been using UNIX/linux for nearly 30 years and I almost never
> login in as root, but when I do it is because a normal login followed by
> an su just is either not available or won't easily work.
>
> I intend to figure out how to defeat this (IMHO) misfeature.
>
> A part of the basis of my approach is that I am the only user of my
> systems/network. My partner has her own system, and we have an
> agreement. The other part of my approach to security is that I have
> invested a LOT of effort in securing borders. based on long my
> experience. If THEM get access to your network (if any) your system is
> at serious risk. Then if they get on your system the game is lost. I
> believe prohibiting local root logins does little to improve computer
> security, and gets in the way when a root login would be of great help.
>
> I guess I do not object to the current login process,but I object to it
> being imposed in silence. I moved from Fedora core 3 to FC6 then F8 and
> was surprised when the ability to login as root from a hard wired
> console.
If you "have been using UNIX/linux for nearly 30 years", and I don't doubt
you, you should be able to figure a way around this very easily. I have only
been using Linux for about fifteen years and it took me almost two minutes.
It
should be much faster for you.
--
David
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