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2015 Feb 04
0
Another Fedora decision
I just had a peek at the anaconda source for Fedora 21. Apparently
you can waive the password strength tests (and the non-ASCII tests) by
simply clicking "Done" twice.
def _checkPasswordASCII(self, inputcheck):
"""Set an error message if the password contains non-ASCII characters.
Like the password strength check, this check can be bypassed by
pressing Done twice.
"""
Kahlil (Kal) Hodgson GPG: C...
2015 Feb 04
5
Another Fedora decision
On 02/04/2015 04:55 PM, Warren Young wrote:
> Unless you have misconfigured your system, anyone who can copy
> /etc/shadow already has root privileges. They don?t need to crack your
> passwords now. You?re already boned.
Not exactly.
There have been remotely exploitable vulnerabilities where an arbitrary
file could be read (not written), but otherwise root access wasn't given