Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 19:00:21 -0500 From: Walter Brameld <brameld@twave.net> To: "Digital C." <admin@cyrebels.org>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: user with root priviledges Message-ID: <00022819033902.00658@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> In-Reply-To: <38BB0AB7.BE27FF24@cyrebels.org> References: <38BB0AB7.BE27FF24@cyrebels.org>
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On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, Digital C. wrote: > > Hi! > > is it possible to make a new user with root priviledges? If so, how? > > plus, why is it so unsafe to usr IRC as root? > > Thanks > > > |||||||||| > || || > || dc || > || || > |||||||||| > When adding a new user, if you add him to group wheel, he has the ability to su root. When running programs, especially those accessing the net, people hacking in from the outside can usually only gain access to the same files to which you have access. If you're running as root, this leaves the whole system wide open. Running as a user limits the locus of total destruction 8-) -- Walter Brameld in·tel·lec·tu·al n. Someone who has been educated past his/her level of intelligence. Join the Army, meet interesting people, kill them. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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