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From: fcrary@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Root Password
Date: 30 Apr 1997 01:14:42 GMT
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
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In article <3365A2AB.2F1CF0FB@FreeBSD.org>,
Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>> But there is a small bug in 2.2.1 that makes login impossible when the root
>> password is empty :-(
>Unless you're loading 2.2.1 from CDROM, in which case it was fixed there
>as an 11th hour patch.
Somehow, I don't see this in the same light. This "bug" keeps a careless
system administrator from leaving the password field empty, and allowing
anyone to log in as root without needing a password. Such a "bug" closes
a massive security hole, and I don't really see why anyone would want to
"fix" it.
Frank Crary
CU Boulder