[Babase] Fwd: Anacron job 'cron.daily' on dumbo
Lacey Maryott Roerish
lroerish4 at gmail.com
Mon Nov 9 10:17:13 EST 2009
I'm pretty clueless about the hardware end of all of this, but I Think Karl
may be talking about the root password to our backup computer, not papio.
I'm guessing they are different.
Lacey
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:10 AM, Ryan Hardy <rh87 at duke.edu> wrote:
> 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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Lacey K. Maryott Roerish
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Department of Biology
Duke University
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