Mandrake and root?

[mikeshn]

I?m reading some materials on the Internet about Linux and don?t understand the meaning of the paragraph:
At one point in either installation, you choose whether you want Gnome or KDE, or both. Then, interestingly, Mandrake gives you an option for no root password, which I think is a terrible idea -- sure, not having a root password can be convenient, but it is just about the worst option you can have if you want your Linux box to be secure
Source: http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/04/30/0223236&mode=thread

Does this mean that Mandrake doesn?t has a root in the system?

 

[Abzstrak]

root is the main administrator account with access to do whatever it wants on the system. Since this account has so much power on the system it is a really bad idea to not give it a password...

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< I?m reading some materials on the Internet about Linux and don?t understand the meaning of the paragraph: At one point in either installation, you choose whether you want Gnome or KDE, or both. Then, interestingly, Mandrake gives you an option for no root password, which I think is a terrible idea -- sure, not having a root password can be convenient, but it is just about the worst option you can have if you want your Linux box to be secureSource: http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/04/30/0223236&mode=threadDoes this mean that Mandrake doesn?t has a root in the system? >>



Are you stupid or just LD? It says Mandrake has a root in the paragraph you quoted.