Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian

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On 08/30/07 15:15, Sarunas Burdulis wrote:
Ron Johnson wrote:
On 08/30/07 14:37, Hal Vaughan wrote: [snip]

While it's just a small, niggling detail and may be just
semantics, there is a true root account on Ubuntu that can be
used the same as a root account on any Debian release. The
only difference is it doesn't have a password on setup.

You've GOT to be kidding... Right? Please?

"doesn't have a password" does not mean "empty password" in this
case. /etc/shadow has "!" for root's password field, which,
together with pam config, prevents logging into account.

Ah, ok. That makes me feel *much* better.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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