Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 23:19:57 -0500 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Abu Khaled <khaled.abu@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Default root password for FreeBSD 4.2-RC2 Message-ID: <425F40ED.7090108@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <a64c109e050414202243ecd121@mail.gmail.com> References: <5fcc390105041419095655d3a7@mail.gmail.com> <a64c109e0504141920609a0d96@mail.gmail.com> <5fcc390105041419567a1b8d1e@mail.gmail.com> <a64c109e050414202243ecd121@mail.gmail.com>
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Abu Khaled wrote: >On 4/15/05, MZaini <mzaini@gmail.com> wrote: > > >>Hi, >> >>Section 10.12 in System Administration only addresses the issue when >>the person is on site which is not in my case. Since the default >>installation would come with its own /etc/passwd, /etc/group, >>/etc/master.passwd, /etc/pwd.db, /etc/spwd.db then I should have been >>able to login using the root account that came with the default. True >>or not? >> >> And with the default /etc/ssh/sshd_config, if you are _not_ at the console, root logins are _not_ allowed. Period*. However, if you had another account from which to log in to the system, it should not have been deleted, AFAIK, unless you made a mistake while using mergemaster. Kevin Kinsey *Unless you have specifically enabled them, which is absolutely _not_ considered a Good Thing(tm).
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