[beginner] What's wrong?

[Chris Angelico]

On Mon, Apr 4, 2016 at 1:46 AM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 8:58:59 PM UTC+5:30, Dan Sommers wrote:
>> Yes, it's marginally annoying, and a security hole waiting to happen,
>> that A and A often look very much alike.
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> "A security hole waiting to happen" = "Marginally annoying"
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> Frankly I find this juxtaposition alarming
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> Personal note: I once was idiot enough to have root with password root123
> and transferring some files to a friend ... over ssh...
> Lost my entire installation in a matter of minutes

Exactly why did you have root ssh access with a password?

ChrisA