On 06/25/2015 at 10:24 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 25 June 2015 09:22:30 Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> On Thursday 25 June 2015 13:33:25 The Wanderer wrote: >>> Why don't you have the root password? Is this not your system, >>> but just one you've been given for ordinary use? >> >> It is possible, in this Ubuntu-ised world, to install Debian >> without a root password. >> >> Lisi > > Absolutely Lisi. I have 4 copies of wheezy running here ATM, none > has a root passwd. What happens if you try to log in as root, or to 'go root' (by e.g. running 'su' in a terminal)? Does it error out directly, or can you log in as root by pressing Enter without typing anything (i.e., giving a blank password)? The former would be (as previously mentioned) a crazy system design, and the latter would be a fairly serious security issue IMO - even for a system intended to be used by only one person. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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