10 Jan
2002
10 Jan
'02
12:06
Therefore I never type a password except for the screensaver, I usually don't log on as root if I don't have to. Using a password to become root remotely though is not an option.
So how do you get the root rights for example by sudo if you never type a password. Or did I get it wrong ?
On machines where user accounts are only for admins to get root, yes. In such a case, the entity "user" is the border between remote and local: If you are local, then you have a user. Since access to such a user account implies that it's equivalent to root, these user accounts have to be protected just the same way as root. I don't see any reason why to handle the level of protection differently. Roman.