no root passwd debian

[James Knott]

David Payne wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 01:24:14AM -0500, Robert Brockway wrote:
>   
>> I set a root password on Ubuntu as a matter of course (especially after 
>> 6.06 had a bug in sudo which prevented it from working in a semi-random 
>> fashion).  I still use sudo mostly but actually having a root password can 
>> be very important in a crunch.  I disable password authentication for ssh 
>> for any box that will be accessible from the public Internet.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Rob
>>     
>
> Before Ubuntu I thought one would be crazy not to have a 
> root password.  After Ubuntu I find myself setting sudo up 
> on almost every Linux install I have regardless of distro.
>
> David
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I run SUSE, but I set up a sudo directory, where I have rights to run 
any app it contains.  If I frequently run something that requires root 
privileges, I put a symlink to it in that directory.

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