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I will check later if the mydsl running by root and restore feature by dsl user, but thx again for the hint. But at the moment a I have to solve another problem, to find out what kind of filesystem is the sda2 partiton on my stick. The reason ist that have to use the stick storage under other operatings systems at the office (pdf presentation etc. under windows) sda2 seem to be not fat system and windows do not recognize the sda2 only the sda1. But anyway thats another topic.
Perhaps somebody who is in charge for the FAQ could add the root password topic to the FAQ. It seems, that many User (not running a simple hd install) like to have a special root and dsl password. I found so many root passwd questions. 
I hear that Windows will not recognize multiple partitions on a stick. I'm not sure why...whether it was intentional or if the developers just didn't think about the possibility of multiple partitions.
I'm pretty sure that the restore is run by user dsl, so you wouldn't have write access to /etc. (EDIT: That last sentence is incorrect. Restore works fine for /etc files.) Kent just posted in another thread about how to use the backup&restore tool to create mydsl extensions of individual files. The post concerned a specific set of files, and added something about building a new CD, but the first part of the process can be used for /etc/shadow.
http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....;t=4905
As he said, make sure to revert the filetool list to its original state after you've made your special package.
I don't intend on setting a password for root or dsl,
however i might if there is a security risk.
How easy is it for a hacker to gain access to my PC if I am connected?
(e.g telnet, login ..etc?)
As far as I know, applications such as ssh and telnet will not accept remote connections unless you have set a password, so you should be pretty safe in that respect.
Thanks, cbagger01, just what I needed to know! (Now you know what a newbie I am!)
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