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On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 21:09:03 +0200 |
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Paul de Vrieze <pauldv@g.o> wrote: |
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> you seem to be mailing as root. If that is true, and your username is |
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> not aliassed to root, that is unsafe. One think making linux more |
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> resistant to viruses is that on linux most things do not run as root. |
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> E-mail clients certainly do not need to run as root. |
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Ill bash in, quoting a message that appeared in -user the other day: |
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On 16/6/03 1:01 pm, "Zack Gilburd" <zack@×××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Please do not take the following offensively, I merely mean to provide |
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> you with constructive critcism. |
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Don't be silly. I always try not to let on when I'm offended. |
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> I've noticed that on your posts to the GUML, you advertise your want |
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> to be employed; |
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Gizza job, mister..! |
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>... However, I do not think |
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> it would be wise to advertise yourself as a sysadmin, then post to a |
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> ML with your root address. |
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Pardon..? |
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> IMHO, using root for *anything* except essential |
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> administrative tasks is risky and careless. |
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I most certainly agree. I rather like `sudo`, as it ensures that the |
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administrator must be conscious of each root-privileged action that he |
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takes- using `su` it is rather too easy to stay logged in as root for |
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longer than intended. |
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> If I were you, I would post from |
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> a different user than root. |
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Erm... but, of course, I do. I rather assumed that would be obvious. |
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> Again, please don't take the following |
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> offensively, but if I were in the market to employ a sysadmin, I would |
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> not hire you because of your seemingly reckless usage of the root |
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> account. |
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It's not really THAT seemingly, Sir: |
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[silva:~] stroller% host stellar.eclipse.co.uk |
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stellar.eclipse.co.uk mail is handled (pri=10) by |
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mx1.ex.eclipse.net.uk stellar.eclipse.co.uk mail is handled (pri=20) by |
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mx2.ex.eclipse.net.uk [silva:~] stroller% nslookup |
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stellar.eclipse.co.uk Server: gentoo.lan |
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Address: 192.168.1.43 |
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*** No address (A) records available for stellar.eclipse.co.uk |
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[silva:~] stroller% |
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As you can see, stellar.eclipse is virtually hosted. Is it really a risk |
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for me to post using this address..? |
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> I hope that this did not come off as rude in any way, I just want to |
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> offer my advice as a fellow Linux professional and sysadmin. |
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Glad to have received it. I shall certainly reconsider my posting |
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address - I do not wish the same address to be made in the futile. |
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Stroller. |
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Well, There goes that story :) |
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//Spider |
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See Microsoft KB Article Q265230 for more information. |
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