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- From: bern@Uni-Trier.DE (Jochen Bern)
- Subject: Re: writing down root password
- Message-ID: <bern.721479741@kleopatra>
- Originator: bern@kleopatra
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- References: <23694@galaxy.ucr.edu> <1992Nov7.181811.11525@grebyn.com> <1dnuccINNgb@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> <janet.721445867@dunnart>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 11:02:21 GMT
- Lines: 35
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- In <janet.721445867@dunnart> janet@cs.uwa.oz.au (Janet Jackson) writes:
- >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.
-
- Nice Procedure for a big Cluster, since NIS Cluster Members usually have
- individual passwd Entries for 'root' ... Maybe I should adopt the Idea of
- disabling 'root' and setting up a Cluster-wide 'netroot'.
-
- >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).
-
- Hint for all Admins (or Users) which don't have to share their Password:
- Instead of memorizing weird Character Strings, buy a digital Wrist Watch.
- Whenever I need a Password (I'm having 9 Accounts by now ...), I think of
- something like "well, let's take all Words printed in Yellow and extract
- the one or two Character(s) in the Middle", which results in a Password
- AOSIRO and a Procedure rather simple to memorize. Learning the actual
- String is done by using it several Times, but you don't have to do it
- at once. But beware of using something read from the Watches' Display
- itself ... ;-)
-
- Greetings,
- J. Bern
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