[SunRescue] Re: [geeks] My apologies...

[Gil Young]

We did the root password in envelopes as well, only our focus was for being 
able to get in the box if all our admins were in the same deadly pileup 
(heaven forbid).  SUDO is the way to go for granular admin rights.

Gil

At 11:03 AM 4/3/01 -0500, you wrote:
>On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 10:45:13AM +0000, Kris Kirby wrote:
> > On Mon, 2 Apr 2001, Mike Hebel wrote:
> > > Mike Hebel  (Hoping my child never has to go through this.)
> > >
> > > P.S. : My NT administration notebook is now running SUSE 6.4 and will be
> > > left at the company that way.  *grin*
> >
> > Don't forgot to change to root passwords on your way out the door!
>
>At the worst job I've had, that would do no good.  No unix admin knew
>the root password, as we kept it in a sealed envelope to be opened only
>when necessary.  All work was done via sudo.
>
>That was one of the few GOOD things about that job.  I really liked
>that.  It was originally done to take root away from a lot of folks who
>didn't need it and were dangerous, but were used to having it.  This way
>NOBODY knew it.
>
>Reagen
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Gil Young
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