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On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:19:35 +0100, Marc Haber wrote:

> The ONE root password that you need to share at least with the team if
> not with the whole company. And then change it everytime someone leaves,
> which will inevitably lead to people writing down the sudo password of
> the day.

At one time all the AIX and Linux boxes in the shop had the same root 
password -- wolf359.  It was a simpler time.