Multiple Root ID's considered evil?
Tom Christiansen
tchrist at convex.com
Tue Sep 12 09:37:01 AEST 1989
Some site are known to have multiple uid 0 accounts so not
everyone needs to know the root password. I seem to recall
that this is considered a poor idea for security reasons.
Could someone please explain why?
thanks,
--tom
Tom Christiansen {uunet,uiucdcs,sun}!convex!tchrist
Convex Computer Corporation tchrist at convex.COM
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