Re: Bug#1064617: Passwords should not be changed frequently

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Justin B Rye <[email protected]> writes:

> Philip Hands wrote:
>> Justin B Rye <[email protected]> writes:
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>>=20
>> The reason behind that structure was supposed to be that one definitely
>> needs _a_ password, but not necessarily a root password, so the password
>> advice applies to whichever password you'll decide to grant root access
>> to, which might not be set here.
>
> This template is specifically about the "Root password/passphrase";

Well, sort-of, except that the user's response (whether to leave this
blank or not) modifies what happens with the user account's permissions,
so it's also about explaining the way that logic works in the installer
and what that will do to the target system.

> probably I should have quoted the patch I was looking at, which starts
> with "One needs a password/passphrase that grants access to the 'root'
> (system administrative) account" but goes on to say "Alternatively,
> you can lock root's password by leaving this setting empty".

I'm intimately familiar with the patches you're reading, so I feel like
this comment suggests that we may be talking past one another somehow.

Cheers, Phil.
=2D-=20
Philip Hands -- https://hands.com/~phil

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