Re: Centralized /etc/passwd ?
On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Hubert Chan wrote:
> >>>>> "Paladin" == Paladin <paladin@paladin.dhis.org> writes:
>
> [...]
>
> Paladin> can the root account be centralized too?
>
> I don't know if it can or not, but it is probably not a good idea.
> Consider what happens if your LDAP server goes down for some reason. So
> you say to yourself, "OK, I'll just log in as root, and .... Doh! Can't
> log in because the LDAP server is down."
Not to mention the security implications. Imagine one of someone finds out
the root password. Suddenly all your machines are compromised. I have 3
machines at home up and running 24/7 and the root password is different on
all of them.
Andrew
Whether you think you can,
Or whether you think you can't,
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