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

Ryan Hardy rh87 at duke.edu
Mon Nov 9 10:36:38 EST 2009


Ahh, that makes sense.  Sorry for my confusion.

-Ryan

On Nov 9, 2009, at 10:17 AM, Lacey Maryott Roerish wrote:

> 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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