Re: Boots into emergency mode. How to analyze?
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On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 08:42:17PM -0700, Seeker wrote:
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> On 6/26/2015 6:12 AM, Matthijs Wensveen wrote:
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> >On 06/26/2015 01:55 PM, Nick T. wrote:
> >>On 06/26/2015 12:55 PM, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
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> >I'm now back to having a root password, which allows me to use
> >emergency mode [...]
> From the standpoint of remote access, don't think there is a
> significant difference.
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> From the standpoint of physical access to the machine, I would go on
> the assumption that if someone has the
> time to boot from optical or flash disk
> and mess with the system [...]
> If they have time to do that, maybe they have time to take the hard
> drive out and attach it to another machine, [...]
Yeah, been there too (including the "screwdriver approach". But now
tell me: which is quicker/more convenient/less risky?
> Personally, if I had to start from scratch for some reason, I would
> skip the root password during install and just use
> sudo. But since my Debian installation predates that option, I stick
> with using root.
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> I am pretty comfortable with the way sudo works in Ubuntu and did
> not bother creating a root password there.
It's not an "either-or". For day to day use, I *always* use sudo
(even when I want a root shell: "sudo -s", with my user password).
It's only when the system can't boot past single-user when I'm glad
I have a root password (and when I'm administering other people's
machines: when I haven't a login there, I have no business in knowing
their user passwords, but that's another kettle of fish).
Regards
- -- tomás
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