No, that wasn't enabled. However, just getting both the server and the client to Samba 3.0.x seemed to have fixed it. Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Krikket > Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 7:36 PM > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Blank password works for root > > > On Thu, 8 Jan 2004, Bill Beeman wrote: > > > I just discovered that I can log into my FC1 box as root > with either the > > root password, or by simply leaving the password blank! > > > > Functions this way from a command line, or in a terminal > within either > > KDE or Gnome. > > > > Can anyone suggest where to look to stop this behavior. > This was a RH9 > > box upgraded to FC1, and has all current patches applied. > > My guesswork is coming from my experience with SuSE, not Fedora... > > Do you have the "auto-login at boot" enabled? If so, I > discovered that > this will pretty much make passwords unnecessary anywhere. > (Although the > system does continue to ask for 'em.) > > Krikket > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
