[Babase] Fwd: Anacron job 'cron.daily' on dumbo

Ryan Hardy rh87 at duke.edu
Mon Nov 9 10:10:13 EST 2009


I don't want to speak out of turn, but I'd prefer that shared  
passwords be kept to a bare minimum, especially with something as  
sensitive as the root password.  In fact, I wasn't even aware that  
anyone else had it; how you got it is somewhat of a mystery since I  
changed it when I arrived and don't remember sharing it.  Am I  
forgetting something?

-Ryan

On Nov 7, 2009, at 2:00 PM, Karl O. Pinc wrote:

> When you do 'su' you need supply the root (master) password.
> I was pretty sure I got this to you guys but now that I think
> of it maybe I didn't.   Please call me (do you have the number?)
> and I'll give you the password.
>
> I can also set it up so that you use your own password,
> but it requires an extra step every time you become root.
> The advantage is that we don't have to share the root password
> so we don't have to change it when you become a disgruntled
> ex-employee.   What do people think?



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