On Thu, 2015-02-05 at 10:10 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Always Learning <centos@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Or unless you have some sort of proof that a current Windows 2012 > server is less secure or stable than a Linux distro. Not every 'home' or business user uses, or can afford to purchase, Windoze 2012 Server. Besides that is far too large for end-users. Conversely everyone can use and afford (because it is free) to install Linux as a server, as a end-user (non-server) or as a mixture of the two. The Linux flexibility is one of its many strong points. > Let's start with why your /etc/shadow has read access. That's one of > the things that was right out of the box. What changed it and why? Yes that is what I would like to know. Can't tell. That disk was wiped, partitioned differently and reformatted. But it remains a puzzle I am unlikely to forget for a long time. I carried-out a check on every machine and was happy to see ---------- . -- Regards, Paul. England, EU. Je suis Charlie. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos