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Supporting And Advocating Insecure Practices
Aug 31, 2009, 13 :02 UTC (8 Talkback[s]) (5922 reads)

(Other stories by Ian MacGregor)

[ Thanks to Ian MacGregor for this link. ]

Yesterday I found information in the official Ubuntu Wiki which teaches users how to enable the root account, this information goes directly against that which is supported and advocated by Canonical and Ubuntu in general. So, I removed the information only to find someone had added it back. I removed it again and it was added back...

"Notice Kees's signature line and his email address is from Canonical. Wow, it seems that the Ubuntu Security Team doesn't abide by their own security methods despite all of the warnings plastered all over the Root Sudo page telling users that this is a dangerous practice. "

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
while the default setting is fine... the ...   i have said it once and ill say it again   
Petem
Aug 31, 2009, 13:24:57
 
I see nothing inherently dangerous with  ...   Agree with Petem, however ...   
blackhole
Aug 31, 2009, 14:24:29
 
Mr Ian has disabled comments or my brows ...   Comments diabled?   
Emil Beli
Aug 31, 2009, 14:42:08
 
There are actually at least three ways t ...   Foot in mouth.   
Rainer Weikusat
Aug 31, 2009, 15:11:51
 
> There are actually at least three ways ...   Re: Foot in mouth.   
Wodin
Aug 31, 2009, 20:52:42
 
I am not an Ubuntu user, but have seen t ...   Another self appointed guardian...   
Robert
Sep 1, 2009, 01:47:37
 
"But I certainly wouldn't advocate l ...   Me neither, but...   
The Man Who Japed
Sep 1, 2009, 04:45:40
 
> I recently updated the Nvidia driver o ...   Re: Me neither, but...   
blackhole
Sep 1, 2009, 08:23:35
 
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