Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2001 17:48:46 +1100 From: Rob B <rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au> To: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Re[2]: Tiny starter configuration for FreeBSD Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20011104174701.0518ea20@pop.ozemail.com.au> In-Reply-To: <007e01c1636e$97016d10$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <15330.6606.417524.41024@guru.mired.org> <002b01c1635f$5a5f4300$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <15330.14419.809266.281360@guru.mired.org>
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At 18:18 2/11/2001, Anthony Atkielski sent this up the stick: > > I'd still recommend not allowing root to log > > in remotely. > >If there weren't so many blasted things that have to be done as root, I'd >agree. >But almost everything affecting the system requires root, it seems. Rather than logging in as root (big no-no as you suspect) why not ssh in as a user, then su to root, or better still investigate the sudo program, that way, things can be done as root without other users knowing the root password, and _everything_ done via sudo is logged by default. Rob -- Sir, you have tasted two whole worms; you have hissed all my mystery lectures and been caught fighting a liar in the quad. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 878 of a collection of 1183 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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