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Mandrake and root?

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mikeshn

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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?
 
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...
 


<< 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.
 
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