[3056] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: other vt's
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sam Hartman)
Sat Oct 7 12:37:40 2000
To: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Sam Hartman <hartmans@MIT.EDU>
Date: 07 Oct 2000 12:37:34 -0400
In-Reply-To: Jonathon Weiss's message of "Thu, 05 Oct 2000 17:54:51 -0400"
Message-Id: <tsllmw0a9pt.fsf@sweet-transvestite.mit.edu>
>>>>> "Jonathon" == Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU> writes:
Jonathon> I heard that hte sipb installer leaves you wiht an
Jonathon> inittab that runs getty on a bunch of VCs. The IS
Jonathon> athean installer *explicitly* doesn't do this, because
Jonathon> it is a way for users to get around xscreensaver with
Jonathon> hte (potentially default) root passwd.
Jonathon> Jonathon
Tibbetts and I explicitly decided to do this after noting that we do
not leave a default root password. Feel free to change if you get
consensus.
