Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 15:18:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Matt Piechota <piechota@argolis.org> To: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Root users shell == no existant shell /bin/bash Message-ID: <20040709150227.P3496@acropolis.argolis.org> In-Reply-To: <20040709165540.2799D2C1CC@mx5.roble.com> References: <20040709120136.22FD216A4D1@hub.freebsd.org> <20040709165540.2799D2C1CC@mx5.roble.com>
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On Fri, 9 Jul 2004, Roger Marquis wrote: > Where do people come up with these folk "rules"? I spend all day > working in various root shells as part of my job. Couldn't do it > otherwise. It depends on what type of work you're doing, I suppose. The idea is you should only use root for things that are absolutely necessary. In theory, you should read man pages, investigate everything, and pull up a second shell as root just it issue commands with it. The reasoning is if there's a bug in a program (like man, or lynx, netscape) you could hose the whole system up if you're root (or get it infected). On the less paranoid side, a mistype as root could have rather bad consequences. -- Matt Piechota
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