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   Pancho to rbowman   
   =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=9CWhat_a_Linux_ro   
   21 Jan 26 20:07:17   
   
   From: Pancho.Jones@protonmail.com   
      
   On 1/21/26 18:33, rbowman wrote:   
   > On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:19:35 +0100, Marc Haber wrote:   
   >   
   >> The ONE root password that you need to share at least with the team if   
   >> not with the whole company. And then change it everytime someone leaves,   
   >> which will inevitably lead to people writing down the sudo password of   
   >> the day.   
   >   
   > At one time all the AIX and Linux boxes in the shop had the same root   
   > password -- wolf359.  It was a simpler time.   
      
   Back in the day...  Readable /etc/passwd, including hashed password.   
   Thousands of users with the same hash. Fuckwits...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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