Re: root password and su (maybe)

Thu, 11 Sep 2003 08:31:23 -0700

If he's as 'smart' as you say he is, rewrite 'passwd' to do nothing. He'll think he changed it, he'll forget anyway, and you're home free!



Ed Wilts wrote:
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 10:06:22AM -0400, Jason Dixon wrote:
  
On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 10:03, Kelerion wrote:
    
small world.. you must know my boss.. a) describes him perfectly!! :)

whats even more ironic.. is when I approached him about this.. he said
"but changing the password on a regular basis sounds like a good idea
for security.." my response "yeah.. and it's also a royal pain in the
arse when you forget what you set it to".. his response.. "ok.. if its
that much of a problem.. I'll just write them down on post-it's and keep
the current password stuck to my monitor.. then you'll always know what
it is"..
      
Gah!  Are you local to the DC/MD/VA area?  I'd be happy to come over and
hit him with the security clue-stick, pro-bono.  :)
    

Around here we refer to that as a "clue-by-four".

        .../Ed

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