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revision 6871 by osamu, Wed Aug 19 04:33:35 2009 UTC revision 6872 by osamu, Sat Aug 22 05:41:18 2009 UTC
# Line 224  This is the famous phrase at the bottom Line 224  This is the famous phrase at the bottom
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225  ==== Stricter password rule  ==== Stricter password rule
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227  Installing the `libpam-cracklib` package will enable you to force stricter password rule, for example, by having active lines in "`/etc/pam.d/common-password`" as the following.  Installing the `libpam-cracklib` package enables you to force stricter password rule, for example, by having active lines in "`/etc/pam.d/common-password`" as the following.
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229  For `lenny`:  For `lenny`:
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# Line 250  NOTE: See <<_alt_sysrq_key>> for restric Line 250  NOTE: See <<_alt_sysrq_key>> for restric
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251  `sudo`(8) is a program designed to allow a sysadmin to give limited root privileges to users and log root activity. `sudo` requires only an ordinary user@@@sq@@@s password.  Install `sudo` package and activate it by setting options in "`/etc/sudoers`".  See configuration example at "`/usr/share/doc/sudo/examples/sudoers`".  `sudo`(8) is a program designed to allow a sysadmin to give limited root privileges to users and log root activity. `sudo` requires only an ordinary user@@@sq@@@s password.  Install `sudo` package and activate it by setting options in "`/etc/sudoers`".  See configuration example at "`/usr/share/doc/sudo/examples/sudoers`".
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253  My usage of `sudo` for the single user system (see <<_sudo_configuration>>) is aimed to protect myself from my own stupidity. Personally, I consider using `sudo` a better alternative to using the system from the root account all the time.   For example, following will change the owner of "`<some_file>`" to "`<my_name>`".  My usage of `sudo` for the single user system (see <<_sudo_configuration>>) is aimed to protect myself from my own stupidity. Personally, I consider using `sudo` a better alternative to using the system from the root account all the time.   For example, the following changes the owner of "`<some_file>`" to "`<my_name>`".
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255  --------------------  --------------------
256  $ sudo chown <my_name> <some_file>  $ sudo chown <my_name> <some_file>

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