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Re: [cobalt-security] Securing Admin Pages
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] Securing Admin Pages
- From: Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 00:10:15 -0800
- Organization: nobaloney.net
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
Steve Werby wrote:
> I'm not going to put words in Jeff's mouth, but another problem is that
> resetting the admin password in the GUI resets the root password. That's
> either a feature or a bug depending on how you look at it. In any case, if
> you do set root's password to be different from admin's it's best to make a
> mental note of that.
Yes, that's what I meant. And I think that's what Dave/Max says I
meant.
But it's late at night, and I really shouldn't read these lists late at
night; I get very testy and tend to make misteaks <wry grin>.
Jeff
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