From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 28 16: 4: 5 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.twave.net (twave.net [206.100.228.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 037EF37B9C4 for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2000 16:04:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brameld@twave.net) Received: from [208.219.234.62] by mail.twave.net (NTMail 3.03.0018/1.abwg) with ESMTP id xa840577 for ; Mon, 28 Feb 2000 19:02:31 -0500 Received: from Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id TAA79345; Mon, 28 Feb 2000 19:03:39 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from brameld@twave.net) From: Walter Brameld To: "Digital C." , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: user with root priviledges Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 19:00:21 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.28] Content-Type: text/plain References: <38BB0AB7.BE27FF24@cyrebels.org> In-Reply-To: <38BB0AB7.BE27FF24@cyrebels.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00022819033902.00658@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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