Re: [in] Re: [Full-Disclosure] IE is just as safe as FireFox

From: Andrew Farmer (andfarm_at_teknovis.com)
Date: 11/20/04

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    To: Jeremy Davis <jdaytona@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 20:51:10 -0800

    On 19 Nov 2004, at 18:40, Jeremy Davis wrote:
    > Are you able to change root's name in nix?

    Sure. There's no reason why not.

    > Why not if the answer is no?
    > (Things would break right? UID 0?) Knowing the account name is
    > two-thirds of the battle.

    A much better system is to have root's password unset (i.e. no direct
    login allowed) and use sudo instead.

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