From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 6 20:37:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21B861065678 for ; Tue, 6 May 2008 20:37:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mario_vazq@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc1-s24.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s24.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.96]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07B548FC1A for ; Tue, 6 May 2008 20:37:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mario_vazq@hotmail.com) Received: from BAY116-W17 ([64.4.38.117]) by bay0-omc1-s24.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Tue, 6 May 2008 13:37:02 -0700 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [70.45.89.108] From: Mario Vazquez To: Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 20:37:02 +0000 Importance: Normal Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 May 2008 20:37:02.0671 (UTC) FILETIME=[F0AC0DF0:01C8AFB8] Subject: Re: Question about a recent installation X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 May 2008 20:37:03 -0000 On May 5, 2008, at 6:17 PM, doug wrote: =20 > To give limited priviledges I think sudo (as in linux??) would be =20 > used. =20 I concur that sudo is really a very good way of managing privileges. =20 I don't even know the root passwords on the systems that I administer =20 (OK, I do have them stored in a nice secured place if I ever do need =20 them). =20 Cheers, =20 -j ---------------------------------- In fact, I use sudo for managing too. My question is not about sudo itself= , it's about the possible risks (if any) of having a default installation (= FreeBSD7-RELEASE) which assigns ownership of the root folder to root:wheel,= thus allowing anyone with wheel privileges be able to see (and copy btw) r= oot folder contents. _________________________________________________________________ With Windows Live for mobile, your contacts travel with you. http://www.windowslive.com/mobile/overview.html?ocid=3DTXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh= _mobile_052008=