On 3/19/07, James Knott
Curious. It asks for the old password, when changing as a user, but not when as root. That means that if someone finds an open root session, they can change the password!
root can change anyone's password without knowing the current password so in general once you get logged in as root you own the machine. Encryption is one tool used to ensure your private docs remain your private docs. OTOH, one of the goals of Secure Linux is to give individual users privacy from root. I have not attempted to follow the progress so I don't know how effective it is at the attempt. Greg -- Greg Freemyer The Norcross Group Forensics for the 21st Century -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org