Minimal Firewall

[der.hans]

Am 28. Jul, 2006 schwätzte Kurt Granroth so:

> der.hans wrote:
>> Anybody know if Linspire has stopped using root as the default/only login?
>
> I don't think Linspire ever had root as the only login for any released
> version... even back when they went by "Lindows".  That said, they don't
> prompt you to create a non-root user.  To create one, you have to do so
> via the "advanced setup" during the setup procedure.

Hmm, I thought they installed with the default user being root. Maybe it
was just default root-priviliges without using sudo.

> I think it's more important to know if all those pre-installed versions
> of Linspire have a root-only setup or do they run the setup program...
> or maybe have a default non-root user?  I have no clue about all that.
>
> Does that matter for anybody on this list, anyway?  I mean, if you got a
> system with Linspire installed on it, wouldn't you just nuke it and
> install whatever your favorite distro is on it (maybe after toying with
> it for a bit)?

I got an ex-roommate to buy one. I saw the root-priviliges and knew I'd be
putting something else on there for her. She's been happy with debian
since.

> But yeah, IF the pre-installed Linspires have a root-only environment
> and they continue to be targeted at newbies, then that's pretty bad.

Yup.

My $gf understands re-entering her passwd for sudo stuff and understands
she generally shouldn't get prompted for her passwd. She is very much not
a computer geek.

ciao,

der.hans
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