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From: pizzi@esacs.UUCP (Riccardo Pizzi)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: SCO doesn't sell UNIX
Message-ID: <13@esacs.UUCP>
Date: 11 Dec 90 11:09:40 GMT
References: <2755CECE.4502@tct.uucp> <2332@cdin-1.UUCP> <1990Dec1.223750.16286@NCoast.ORG> <275A9A50.3F3F@tct.uucp> <531@camco.Celestial.COM>
Reply-To: pizzi@esacs.UUCP (Riccardo Pizzi)
Organization: Esa Software s.r.l. Rimini (FO), ITALY
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In article <531@camco.Celestial.COM> bill@camco.Celestial.COM (Bill Campbell) writes:

>I would love to see SCO UNIX available, not with 'relaxed' C2
>security, but with NO C2 security.  Shadow passwords are probably
>a good idea, but unnecessary if you use good passwords in the
>first place (not your spouse's name, birthday...).  Most security
>problems are caused by lazy, incompetent system administrators,
>not by the operating system.

I completely agree with you. The incompetence of users standing at the top of
the list. How many machines have forgotten logins without passowrd around the
world? I'm sure there are a *lot*.

Rick
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