[ale] Linux Distributions

[Michael B. Trausch]

Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 19:57 -0400, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> 
>>The only *ONE* scenerio that I can think of would be that it's a machine
>>that has zero network connectivity, locked behind several doors, and
>>with zero data on it (e.g., a fresh install, not modified, and not
>>really all that useful).
> 
> 
> Nonsense.  Most Linux floppy based firewalls only have a root account.
> 
> This whole non-root thing is really too encompassing for today's use of
> Linux/Unix.  20 years ago non-root use applied.  Today people use Linux
> systems in a myriad of ways, one standard does not fit all.
> 
> There are plenty of examples in this thread.  ;-)
> 

Yes, but we're talking about computers here, not firewalls.  A firewall
still should have a superuser and a regular user that has privileges
delegated, but if it's only root, then fine, have a very strong password
so that someone doesn't gain entry to the network.

	- Mike

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