Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 11:56:44 +0400 From: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> To: Teo De Las Heras <teoheras@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: su - does not ask for password Message-ID: <cb5206420510150056i1453f785p95b8939cc9d64a0a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <d9d7f5a0510141745s1a563653y1850d4066de8b2f9@mail.gmail.com> References: <d9d7f5a0510140848l4fe53012gd9446c3de532121b@mail.gmail.com> <200510141759.42676@harrymail> <d9d7f5a0510141045n16606fbeub3ced76433791d78@mail.gmail.com> <d9d7f5a0510141105t7331d386i73427ad223b3dfec@mail.gmail.com> <cb5206420510141135g37c88a60obc018469d690a011@mail.gmail.com> <d9d7f5a0510141745s1a563653y1850d4066de8b2f9@mail.gmail.com>
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On 10/15/05, Teo De Las Heras <teoheras@gmail.com> wrote: > That worked! I thought I remembered giving root a password!? So, if > you don't have a password set, one is not asked for? > > Teo > Quite so. You should never ever leave root password blank. In fact, FreeBSD as an OS and many programs try to be secure and deny root access (in some ways) if there's no password.
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