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  1. Bug #34606 (esmeri)
  2. Comment #43

Comment 43 for bug 34606

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote : Re: [Bug 34606] Administrator root password readable in cleartext on Breezy

On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 08:31:44PM -0000, qazwiz wrote:
> I'm new to the linux nomenclature so pardon a dumb question.... but
> wouldn't just locking the logfile to root only access prevent the
> security problems?

Yes, and we've already done that now; although I prefer to go further
and make sure the password isn't there at all. I'm just leaving this bug
open while we clean up all the pieces.