Subject: Mild warning about slackware installed users.
From: [email-masked] (Rusty Carruth)
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 1994 04:32:49 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.announce

We recently installed linux on a machine to set it up as our
DNS for external use (to allow our domain to become activated).

Later, I happened to be noodling around while waiting for other stuff,
and noticed 3 users which had been installed - gonzo, snake, and pit
(or was that hell?).  Anwyay, they all 3 had no passwords assigned.

So, a reminder which may or may not be useful:

I'd suggest that anyone wishing to not let others log on to their
linux box be sure to check for (and delete or otherwise modify)
any accounts which might get installed with permissions you don't 
like.

Of course, this goes for ALL new installs of any Unix or unix clone...

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