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Re: [in] Re: [Full-Disclosure] IE is just as safe as FireFox



On 19 Nov 2004, at 18:40, Jeremy Davis wrote:
Are you able to change root's name in nix?

Sure. There's no reason why not.


Why not if the answer is no?
(Things would break right? UID 0?) Knowing the account name is
two-thirds of the battle.

A much better system is to have root's password unset (i.e. no direct login allowed) and use sudo instead.

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