Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:27:02 -0800 From: "Paul M . Lambert" <plambert@plambert.net> To: John Straiton <ne@clickcom.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user with root priviledges Message-ID: <20000229082702.C24644@pinky.plambert.net> In-Reply-To: <012f01bf82c9$2e6372d0$1f16c6d1@clickcom.com> References: <38BB0AB7.BE27FF24@cyrebels.org> <00022819033902.00658@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> <012f01bf82c9$2e6372d0$1f16c6d1@clickcom.com>
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On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, John Straiton wrote: > > > is it possible to make a new user with root priviledges? If so, how? > > When adding a new user, if you add him to group wheel, he has the > > ability to su root. > > The user ID and group ID have to be zero for a user to have the same > privledges, however Walter's suggestion of adding the user to wheel so they > can simply 'su' is the preferred method. > > > > plus, why is it so unsafe to usr IRC as root? > > A question one might ask is why would you want to IRC as root? > Why is walking a tightrope across Niagra Falls any more difficult than walking a tightrope across your living room floor? It comes down to a simple matter of consequences. If something goes wrong it's best to have bothered to limit the consequences beforehand. If using IRC doesn't require you to be root, then why be it? Are the consequences of a mistake or a security issue or whatever really worth any possible advantage (which I can none...) --plambert -- I hate bombs, terrorism, fear, plans, future and past injustices, manifestos, popular sentiment, ignition, timetables, meetings, and poorly adjusted weasels. A warm hello to my friends and fans in domestic surveillance! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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