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From: ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Chris Mauritz)
Subject: Re: preconfigured users
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Date: Thu, 8 Feb 1996 19:14:10 GMT

Joakim Hernberg (jbh@anubis.kbfi.ee) wrote:
: Are there any of the preconfigured users on a FreeBSD 2.1.0-Release 
: system, that should be removed or have their passwords changed from a 
: security point of view ?

As far as I know, only root will have an empty password and you'll
have the option to set its password during the install.

Chris
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