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There's a security problem with that: $ chpasswd maybeUniqueString Error: maybeUniqueString already in use. $ su maybeUniqueString LOGIN OK, PROCEED T
by drblast 15y ago
There's a security problem with that:
$ chpasswd maybeUniqueString
Error: maybeUniqueString already in use.
$ su maybeUniqueString
LOGIN OK, PROCEED TO EXPLOIT ME
So username and login are not totally redundant.
- moultano 15y agoIsn't that exactly the amount of stuff they would already have to guess?
- xyzzyz 15y agoNo, you can have many users, and this way you try to guess everyone's password at the same time. Also, sadly, passwords tend to be repetitive, so now someone can accidentally guess someone else's password.
- burgerbrain 15y agoWell, as the old saying goes, those who do not know Unix are doomed to reinvent it.... poorly. I am rarely surprised anymore by the bad ideas I see people come up with.
- divtxt 15y agoSounds like you've misunderstood that either password1 or password2 will get you in! I didn't change any behavior - just the UI strings. So you need both! i.e: $ su maybeUniqueString1 Enter Password2: