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Ubuntu stores password as clear text
Kelly Martin, 2006-03-13
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Ubuntnu stores clear text root password 2006-03-14
Jeff Waugh
Please fix a couple of issues with this post:

1) Ubuntu, not Ubuntnu

2) On Ubuntu systems, the root account is locked, so there is no root password. The vulnerability was that the initial user's password was logged, and the initial user has full sudo rights. While this is still a serious vulne...

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