Re: Date set?

From: Bit Twister (BitTwister_at_localhost.localdomain)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 20:34:52 GMT

On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 16:22:53 -0400, Rodney wrote:
> It doesn't void any security because it still requires the knowledge of the
> root PW.

But then the password is in your command line history file.

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