From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Mar 23 10:32:37 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA03940 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 10:32:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA03932 for ; Mon, 23 Mar 1998 10:32:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA04960; Tue, 24 Mar 1998 05:32:08 +1100 (EST) Message-ID: <19980324053203.12151@welearn.com.au> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 05:32:03 +1100 From: Sue Blake To: David Wolfskill Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: being root References: <199803231821.KAA10919@pau-amma.whistle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: <199803231821.KAA10919@pau-amma.whistle.com>; from David Wolfskill on Mon, Mar 23, 1998 at 10:21:11AM -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Mar 23, 1998 at 10:21:11AM -0800, David Wolfskill wrote: > * Don't use "su", use "sudo". (And track what gets done as root and by > whom, as well as when.) > > * When you do change a file that you might care about, use RCS to track > the changes. Neat thing here is that even if you use "su" or "sudo", > RCS can track by your login ID... and you can use RCS tools to review > histories of changes. Eh? What's this RCS business? What do you mean "track the changes"? Is there a good way to start learning about it without getting early onset brain-burn? -- Regards, -*Sue*- find / -name "*.conf" |more To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message