[ale] Linux "course" at GT?

[Jay Finch]

At 08:18 AM 09/11/1999 -0600, Chris Ricker wrote:
> > Just one datapoint.  It does make you worry about new Linux installations
> > in the dorms who haven't even created a root password yet :)
>
>That's why Tech people have been griping to Slackware for years about their
>insecure practice of not forcing you to set root before you reboot out of
>install ;-).  FYI, one thing OIT does is random scans of resnet with ISS and
>similar tools.  If a machine shows up as insecure on their scan, they turn
>the port off and yell at the kid until he or she fixes their box before
>turning the port back on.

         Hehe ... Actually, Slackware 4.0 now requires you to set your root 
password before the installation completes.  I always wondered about why 
they didn't require that  myself... (And I've always been a big fan of 
Slackware...)

Anyways...

Cheers!
Jay
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