From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 13 18:31:42 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA04239 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 18:31:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alpha.comkey.com.au (alpha.comkey.com.au [203.9.152.215]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id SAA04219 for ; Sat, 13 Feb 1999 18:31:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gjb@comkey.com.au) Received: (qmail 6938 invoked by uid 1001); 14 Feb 1999 01:51:43 -0000 Message-ID: <19990214015143.6937.qmail@alpha.comkey.com.au> X-Posted-By: GBA-Post 1.04 06-Feb-1999 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 5A91 6942 8CEA 9DAB B95B C249 1CE1 493B 2B5A CE30 Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 11:51:43 +1000 From: Greg Black To: Brian Behlendorf Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: q about ports, root, security References: In-reply-to: of Fri, 12 Feb 1999 19:02:57 PST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > It's generally considered a Good Thing to do as little as possible as > root. I can certainly scrutinize a "make install" step if it's important > to me; scrutinizing the entire build process is another issue entirely. So why not use sudo for the install step once you've checked what it does? > Is this worth worrying about? I know a common target of derision are > those new users who log in and send/receive mail and browser the web as > "root" when using a desktop Unix; well, if we reduce the amount of time > they need to spend as root, maybe they won't need to be it so much... Except for when I'm literally playing with the options on a brand new install of an OS I'm not yet familiar with (during which time the machine will not be connected to anything else), or doing repairs in single-user mode during a boot, I never login as root or even su to root. I setup sudo and provide all the access I need with it and everything goes smoothly. -- Greg Black To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message