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- From: janet@cs.uwa.oz.au (Janet Jackson)
- Subject: writing down root password (was Re: Disabling L1-A sequence?)
- Message-ID: <janet.721445867@dunnart>
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- Organization: Dept. Computer Science, University of Western Australia.
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- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 01:37:47 GMT
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- In <1dnuccINNgb@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> craig@ec.uwa.oz.au (Craig Richmond - division)
- says something that I hope is a joke:
-
- >More to the point. It would be a good idea to keep your root password
- >written down ...
-
- Gah! Memorise it, please! If you forget it, you can always boot from
- distribution CD or tape.
-
- If you *must* write it down, be extremely careful about where the written-down
- copy is kept. Ideally in some sort of locked safe that is accessible only
- by the systems administrators and perhaps the head of department (or other
- suitable, trustworthy person -- for emergencies only, like if the sysadmins
- are all run over by buses).
-
-
- Janet Jackson
- <janet@cs.uwa.edu.au>
- Systems Administrator
- Department of Computer Science
- The University of Western Australia
-