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Re: upgrading ubuntu to debian



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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.

Sarunas
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