From owner-svn-doc-projects@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 20 04:10:09 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62FC5BD4; Mon, 20 May 2013 04:10:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kaduk@mit.edu) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-8.mit.edu (DMZ-MAILSEC-SCANNER-8.MIT.EDU [18.7.68.37]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC5FDAEB; Mon, 20 May 2013 04:10:08 +0000 (UTC) X-AuditID: 12074425-b7f986d00000082c-10-5199a21fd616 Received: from mailhub-auth-2.mit.edu ( [18.7.62.36]) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-8.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id A2.2C.02092.F12A9915; Mon, 20 May 2013 00:10:07 -0400 (EDT) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH-1.MIT.EDU [18.9.28.11]) by mailhub-auth-2.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id r4K4A6fX005205; Mon, 20 May 2013 00:10:07 -0400 Received: from multics.mit.edu (SYSTEM-LOW-SIPB.MIT.EDU [18.187.2.37]) (authenticated bits=56) (User authenticated as kaduk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.12.4) with ESMTP id r4K4A4vD022431 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Mon, 20 May 2013 00:10:06 -0400 Received: (from kaduk@localhost) by multics.mit.edu (8.12.9.20060308) id r4K4A3SP010377; Mon, 20 May 2013 00:10:03 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 00:10:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Benjamin Kaduk To: Tom Rhodes Subject: Re: svn commit: r41667 - in projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook: basics users In-Reply-To: <201305190001.r4J01wQe092105@svn.freebsd.org> Message-ID: References: <201305190001.r4J01wQe092105@svn.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (GSO 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFnrLIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixG6noiu/aGagwZoLihY/Ph5islh4ZjWz xd8NH1gcmD1mfJrPEsAYxWWTkpqTWZZapG+XwJUx/cR+5oLTfBW/Nl1jbGC8zt3FyMkhIWAi 0Xu9kRXCFpO4cG89WxcjF4eQwD5Gia937rFDOBsZJY48WA9WJSRwiEni2W8tiEQDo8S8rndM IAkWAW2Jra+7wIrYBFQkZr7ZyAZiiwDZdw+eBqthFrCRmPBgATuILSyQL7H/YidYnFPASuL2 /9Ng9bwCDhKTNx5khFhmKbFt+SqwuKiAjsTq/VNYIGoEJU7OfMICMdNS4tyf62wTGAVnIUnN QpJawMi0ilE2JbdKNzcxM6c4NVm3ODkxLy+1SNdCLzezRC81pXQTIzhUXVR3ME44pHSIUYCD UYmHVyBgZqAQa2JZcWXuIUZJDiYlUd6P84BCfEn5KZUZicUZ8UWlOanFhxglOJiVRHiju4Fy vCmJlVWpRfkwKWkOFiVx3hspN/2FBNITS1KzU1MLUotgsjIcHEoSvFwLgRoFi1LTUyvSMnNK ENJMHJwgw3mAhr9bADK8uCAxtzgzHSJ/ilFRSpz3EkhCACSRUZoH1wtLJa8YxYFeEeZ9DFLF A0xDcN2vgAYzAQ3ebgk2uCQRISXVwDhf66PE8+DLCfuZo1hkv95c944l0rrjyIR3iZdnfufi 5nuzb6n69lrLuKdJ1wOnfpBiUiiOX3+4rDZs/qvdhkW1SV7Pc46HJd3tPXJ+TeJlA1V9huaL n/9bLz8YvmfN5YwPWpMTWDke7cwyeSurcJc9wezVtV6RhzFPXuZFxm7N1ZKrKheN2afEUpyR aKjFXFScCAAf09TVAAMAAA== Cc: svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: svn-doc-projects@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for doc projects trees List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 04:10:09 -0000 On Sun, 19 May 2013, Tom Rhodes wrote: > Modified: projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users/chapter.xml > ============================================================================== > --- projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users/chapter.xml Sat May 18 23:44:23 2013 (r41666) > +++ projects/ISBN_1-57176-407-0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users/chapter.xml Sun May 19 00:01:57 2013 (r41667) > @@ -1034,4 +1034,49 @@ uid=1001(jru) gid=1001(jru) groups=1001( > /etc/group, refer to &man.pw.8; and > &man.group.5;. > > + > + > + Becoming Superuser > + > + There are several ways to do things as the superuser. The > + worst way is to log in as root directly. > + Usually very little activity requires root > + so logging off and logging in as root, > + performing tasks, then logging off and on again as a normal user > + is a waste of time. > + > + A better way is to use &man.su.1; without providing a login > + but using - to inherit the root environment. > + Not providing a login will imply super user. For this to work > + the login that must be in the wheel group. This sentence doesn't seem quite right; "login" is used to mean the currently-logged-in user, as opposed to the previous sentences where it is used to specify an argument to su(1). -Ben > + An example of a typical software installation would involve the > + administrator unpacking the software as a normal user and then > + elevating their privileges for the build and installation of > + the software.