-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: > On 08/30/07 14:37, Hal Vaughan wrote: > [snip] > >> While it's just a small, niggling detail and may be just semantics, >> there is a true root account on Ubuntu that can be used the same as a >> root account on any Debian release. The only difference is it doesn't >> have a password on setup. > > You've GOT to be kidding... Right? Please? "doesn't have a password" does not mean "empty password" in this case. /etc/shadow has "!" for root's password field, which, together with pam config, prevents logging into account.
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