On 23/06/17 07:26 AM, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Dave Plater <dplater.list@gmail.com> [06-23-17 03:11]:
Never? Not in any of the times you've used 'su"? su asks for the password, konsole is the terminal app. it doesn't ask for
On 22/06/2017 18:14, Anton Aylward wrote: passwords as wol implies.
picking hairs. you *are* asked for a password when you "su" within konsole?
Picking another hair. It is possible, in a number of ways, to start konsole with a root shell and only the one tab containing that root shell. So it would look like konsole is asking for the password. "Under the hood", you, I and probably Per knows that it's not actually konsole doing the asking but the root shell process being started from a non-root environment. That's not to say that with suitable poking around, for example with PAM, /etc/groups and other config files, passwords can be bypassed, but that's quite another matter. Yes, I've done that, just to prove I can. But as I keep saying, having a machine where one can, ANYONE CAN, get root level access without a password is an exceeding bad idea. Yes, it's like running Windows/XP. -- A: Yes. > Q: Are you sure? >> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. >>> Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org