Re: how to crate new super user from terminal in fedora core 3

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kirjoitti viestissään:
>> also how i protect root user password so that no one will
>> break it

Markku Kolkka:
> Choose a long enough random character string, don't write it 
> down, don't login directly to root account (use su) and don't 
> tell it to anyone.

You'd also want to make it harder for someone to reset it.  Password
protect the GRUB bootloader, and the BIOS.  That way, someone has to
crack open the box to have a go at changing it, and they're more likely
to get seen doing it.

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