-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 08:42:17PM -0700, Seeker wrote: > > > On 6/26/2015 6:12 AM, Matthijs Wensveen wrote: > > > > > >On 06/26/2015 01:55 PM, Nick T. wrote: > >>On 06/26/2015 12:55 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
[...] > >I'm now back to having a root password, which allows me to use > >emergency mode [...] > From the standpoint of remote access, don't think there is a > significant difference. > > From the standpoint of physical access to the machine, I would go on > the assumption that if someone has the > time to boot from optical or flash disk > and mess with the system [...] > If they have time to do that, maybe they have time to take the hard > drive out and attach it to another machine, [...] Yeah, been there too (including the "screwdriver approach". But now tell me: which is quicker/more convenient/less risky? > Personally, if I had to start from scratch for some reason, I would > skip the root password during install and just use > sudo. But since my Debian installation predates that option, I stick > with using root. > > I am pretty comfortable with the way sudo works in Ubuntu and did > not bother creating a root password there. It's not an "either-or". For day to day use, I *always* use sudo (even when I want a root shell: "sudo -s", with my user password). It's only when the system can't boot past single-user when I'm glad I have a root password (and when I'm administering other people's machines: when I haven't a login there, I have no business in knowing their user passwords, but that's another kettle of fish). Regards - -- tomás -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlWOn6wACgkQBcgs9XrR2kYamQCfQiZ8tpsdHxGz7Yift0H+SojH CyEAnj8IRm/6vNRssyQoDuWfwphw+os8 =rb+c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150627130548.ga23...@tuxteam.de
