Vahis wrote:
Larry Stotler wrote:
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Vahis
wrote: I think there was also a tick on "save" or maybe "keep" password I unticked that at some stage before it started working.
I have on beta 11 (as I've always had) a different password for root.
Yes, I don't care for that setup at all. Having the user and root passwords the same as default is a bad security setup and smells of Ubuntu. Same goes with the keep password option being checked already. I can't agree that it's a good default.
There was already a long thread about this that I kinda started so no more about that, but I have always had for my own user during installation (against defaults): Receive system mail No autologin
Now I need to also check at install: Separate password for root
And then later: Don't keep password
Maybe all this is in the name of "desktop usability". But it sure is going against all *nix principals of security.
One can always say that advanced users do what they want and change the defaults to their liking. I'm quite taken because of version 11 but still I think that this autologin stuff with kept root passwords is _very_ strange to me...
After updating to RC1 I can see that "remember password" is no more default when starting YaST. This is good, thank you :) Since I haven't made any fresh installs of RC1 I need to ask: Is same password for root still default in a fresh installation? I wish it would be an option if it needs to be there. Maybe it's changed? If it is still default I keep whining :( All new users being automatically promoted to root from day one sounds bad IMHO I can't help it. -- Vahis --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org