Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 08:26:18 -0000 (GMT) From: Jukka Simila <sjuke@saunalahti.fi> To: "G. Adam Stanislav" <adam@whizkidtech.net> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie tip Message-ID: <XFMail.990517082618.sjuke@saunalahti.fi> In-Reply-To: <19990516170345.A220@whizkidtech.net>
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On 16-May-99 G. Adam Stanislav wrote: > >> Another method to try and get you out of the habit of >> logging in as root when it is not needed:-)))))) > > Hehe. I have found I need it all the time. Whenever I log on as a regular > user, I feel like a prisoner. So, by now, the only time I do that is when > I reply to email. Otherwise, everyone would think my name was Charlie! > Such a bad habit! (or at least dangerous, i think :) At first I thaught regular user accout was restricting, but since I've learned that It's not that bad thing to have some back-up if you forget you aren't running dos, that doesn't allow you to kill your software with a single rm Using "su" for logging as root is a good way to do things, but I think there's a better way: program from ports called 'sudo' It allows normal users to run programs as root with their own password, like: 'sudo reboot' would prompt for user's password and boot the machine. --- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur. --- Jukka S juksi@iname.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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