Máirín Duffy <duffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 21:01 +0000, Steve Allen wrote: > > clumens@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > > Root Password > > > > ============= > > > > - It will warn you after you hit Next if your password fails for various > > > > reasons (length, strength, type of characters, etc.). We could do that as > > > > you type as well. That already exists in firstboot so doing it in anaconda > > > > is consistent. > > > > - This screen is also a whole lot of grey and is just asking to be merged or > > > > killed. > > > > > > Okay, fine, I'll go ahead and suggest it. > > > > > > Why don't we remove this screen entirely? Lock the root account by > > > default, force creation of a new user, and set that user up with sudo > > > access. We can preserve the root password command in kickstart. > > > > I wouldn't enjoy that. I set all my machines up with NIS. Not one has > > a local user account. > > NIS is configured on a different screen than the one that is being > discussed for removal. Yes, I realize that. > By 'not one has a local user account' are you including local root > accounts? No -- root is the only local account (other than the various machine accounts, but they don't count). It's not a user account. There is no local user to give sudo access to. Steve -- Steven R. Allen - Linux Admin Weenie Unix sysadmin: Linux, IRIX, NetBSD, OS X, Solaris, HP/UX, CX/UX Phone: 206-544-0910 M/S: 4J-06
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