Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (905 mails)

["Rajko M." <rmatov101@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sunday 01 June 2008 12:08:48 pm Jan Ritzerfeld wrote:
> Am Sonntag, 1. Juni 2008 schrieb Putrycz, Erik:
> > [...]
> > So you can certainly count me in for having difficulties to memorise 2
> > complex passwords for one computer.
>
> Especially, if I do not have to use one of them (for root) that often. So I
> am always tempted to use a weak one for root, or I have to write it down.
>
> Gruß
>  Jan

You can open console and log in as root and start all programs that need root 
access from there. IMHO Ubuntu's idea with sudo is not good, as it is 
enticing users to use short root passwords, which is counter productive. 
Better root terminal and strong password, then sudo and 3 letter password. 

-- 
Regards, Rajko
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