Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 21:10:34 +0000 (GMT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org> Cc: jcwells@u.washington.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: su -m vs. su toor? (Was Re: user toor?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910262110060.72146-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <199910261519.LAA93657@blackhelicopters.org>
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On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Michael Lucas wrote: >> I never use 'root' anymore. I always 'su toor' when I need to be >> superuser. This is because I like to use bash. > >Hmmm... general question then; > >Is there some reason why you wouldn't use "su -m" instead of "su >toor"? Is there some security issue of which I'm unaware? The reason is that I do not know what su -m is. :) Thank You, | http://students.washington.edu/jcwells/ Jason Wells To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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