Putting "login root" in /.profile: a bad idea

[Gerry Roston]

I am surprised by the short term memory of all of the readers of this news
group.  Several years ago, some one provided the source code for a program
called chkpass and a .profile file showing how to use it.  At boot time,
it prompts for a passwd, normally the root passwd is used.  If it is not
provided, you do not get access at single user level.  

gerry roston, robotic systems research group
jet propulsion laboratory, 4800 oak grove drive, m/s 23
pasadena, california, 91109, (818) 354-9124  (818) 354-6508
roston at robotics.jpl.nasa.gov