> It could also mean recovering the access to root,
No! Even for me as a non native speaker this is obvious since I have worked in the field for a few years.
A car is a vehicle but saying that "a vehicle means a car is wrong".
In the same way recovering access to the root account might give you the same effect as recovering the password, but often not.
This is a situation were correct wording isn't hard and a situation where it matters in my opinion. People come here to learn and we shouldn't mislead them especially when the cost of fixing it is trivial.
If I recover the access to root, fine, I have access to that machine.
If I recover the root password I have access to all that the root password gives me access to.
On systems where for example home or certain configuration files are encrypted using the password as a key (yes, a bit simplified), this is the difference between getting access to the data or not.
> this is just splitting hair anyway.
No. This is trying to avoid potentially costly misunderstandings.
In a literal sense you're right but the end result is ostensibly same (ie you've gained root access). Sure the title could have been more accurate but the OPs claim of "false advertising" is just as exaggerative and frankly it's dumb that instead of congratulating someone for a helpful walk-through people are arguing semantics about the fucking title.
zouhair|5 years ago
eitland|5 years ago
No! Even for me as a non native speaker this is obvious since I have worked in the field for a few years.
A car is a vehicle but saying that "a vehicle means a car is wrong".
In the same way recovering access to the root account might give you the same effect as recovering the password, but often not.
This is a situation were correct wording isn't hard and a situation where it matters in my opinion. People come here to learn and we shouldn't mislead them especially when the cost of fixing it is trivial.
If I recover the access to root, fine, I have access to that machine.
If I recover the root password I have access to all that the root password gives me access to.
On systems where for example home or certain configuration files are encrypted using the password as a key (yes, a bit simplified), this is the difference between getting access to the data or not.
> this is just splitting hair anyway.
No. This is trying to avoid potentially costly misunderstandings.
unknown|5 years ago
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laumars|5 years ago
sfj|5 years ago