From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Oct 15 0:46:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from server1.huntsvilleal.com (server1.huntsvilleal.com [63.147.8.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AF2337B670 for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2000 00:46:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Spaz.HuntsvilleAL.COM (spaz.huntsvilleal.com [63.147.8.31]) by server1.huntsvilleal.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA22370 for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2000 02:19:43 -0400 Received: from localhost (kris@localhost) by Spaz.HuntsvilleAL.COM (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA59912 for ; Sun, 15 Oct 2000 07:46:20 GMT (envelope-from kris@catonic.net) Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 07:46:19 +0000 (GMT) From: Kris Kirby X-Sender: kris@spaz.huntsvilleal.com To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Traditional UN*X conventions (Or: Why not to login as root?) Message-ID: X-Tech-Support-Email: bofh@catonic.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Lately I find myself pondering why or why not one is supposed to leave the root account alone altogether, instead su(do)ing as necessary to perform various tasks. Is there a series of texts out there that states this and other traditional measures taken (perhaps with a historical or logically documented process in regards to tracking break-ins)? ----- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR | TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. | ------------------------------------------------------- "Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message