From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Apr 8 06:30:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA02763 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 06:30:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pagesz.net (root@nina.pagesz.net [208.194.157.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA02752 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 06:30:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jferg@2boot.com) Received: from .pagesz.net (isabella-61.pagesz.net [208.194.157.61]) by pagesz.net (8.8.5/8.8.4) with SMTP id JAA27031 for ; Wed, 8 Apr 1998 09:30:29 -0400 Date: Wed, 8 Apr 98 09:18:59 PDT From: joe ferguson Subject: Doing things as root To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG X-PRIORITY: 3 (Normal) X-Mailer: Chameleon 4.6.3, TCP/IP for Windows, NetManage Inc. Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Over the years I have found it convenient to keep a root session going in a window (on a windowing system) or in a screen of a multi-screen system. It lets me get to a good root environment quickly and conveniently, yet I don't end up doing everything as root. It is important to have a distinctive shell prompt, though, so that you are VERY AWARE that it is the root session you're using. Of course, it depends on good physical security for your keyboard; you should lock the screen when you leave your work area. ------------------------------------- Name: joe ferguson E-mail: jferg@2boot.com VOICE 919-468-8150 FAX: 919-468-5288 http://www.2boot.com Date: 4/8/98 Time: 9:18:59 AM . To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message