how to get rid of the request of typing in password

[Ric Moore]

On Sat, 2011-07-23 at 11:49 +0200, rombout mager wrote: 
> To Avi,
> Got three reactions. Your reaction is very helpy and works allright.
> I don't want to loose any time by typing-in passwords all the time.
> When I go on a journey I take the Ubuntu notebook (Dell Latitude from 2005)
> with me and then I will use a password....  to be secure for just in case.
> but removing the harddisk will give access to the data.... so.... what's
> the use after all. Okay, I'm new on the Ubuntu OS platform. So, I've got a
> lot to learn using it. It's nice to extent/widen my experience in a complete
> new world of possibilities compaired with MS windows (95>7).
> Thanks for your help!    ro.mar at live.nl

It's 30 year+ accumulated wisdom that is being passed onto you. If you
can get in without a password, so can everyone else. Then God only knows
what potential damage your machine could be made to do to the rest of
the Internet, and not only to your machine. It's never a good idea. 

While it doesn't keep someone determined to get into your machine, if
does slow them down quite a bit. If your unpassworded user is also the
super primary user, then anyone can su root and have a field day, which
potentially could bite someone else when your machine performs someone
else's stupid pet tricks. Using a really strong password shows that the
user knows where his towel is. :) Ric

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..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity.
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