Re: [SLUG] A Sys Admin's worst nightmare

[Glen Turner <glen.turner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Simon Bowden wrote:

> Getting the root password itself is quite separate from getting root 
> access (unless you've not cleaned up after that ubuntu bug which leaves 
> it cleartext). Unless someone is regularly keying in the root password 
> and they're capturing that somehow, then they'll need to break they 
> crypt to get it... (right?). Which seems a little unfair.

Of course, once you've got root access you can change the root password :-)