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Rackspace does this with their Cloud Servers :'(

• asharp 15y ago
  Surely your joking, Mr. Alterego?
  • emp_ 15y ago
    Well, they do sent root passwords over email.
    • goosemo 15y ago
      if it was the welcome message, that's not a problem. It's up to you to change it. If they're emailing you your password to root after you've changed it, you might have an issue.
      • MartinCron 15y ago
        Exactly, I'm using SoftLayer cloud servers and they do the same thing... displaying a cleartext version of the initial root password for the machine. I don't see a way around it. I do have to get that information somehow.
        • JonnieCache 15y ago
          EC2 servers dont have any passwords at all by default. Not blank ones, but there are actually none set at all. They come primed with a keypair which you get when you create your account. Considering we live in space year 3000 now, its a wonder that we still have passwords at all. Why can't we have 2 factor keypair authentication for everything? OpenID is thinking too small.
        • asharp 15y ago
          Inject the users public key in as root and have pubkey only logins for root. Now you are both secure and convenient.
• surfmike 15y ago
  So does Dreamhost with their shared hosting :(