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100809 Robert Bridge wrote: |
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> On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> There have been discussions on this list why sudo is a bad idea |
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>> and sudo on *any* command is an even worse idea. |
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>> You might as well be running everything as root, right? |
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> sudo normally logs the command executed and the account which executes it, |
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> so while not relevant for single user systems, |
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> it STILL has benefits over running as root. |
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I follow 2 simple rules: |
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(1) never start X as root -- I open in a raw terminal, then 'startx', |
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so it's ok to login there as root to get some system fixes done, |
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but of course logout again before starting X as user -- |
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& (2) do all system stuff in a virtual root terminal on its own desktop, |
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where the prompt says 'root' in red letters & the background is black |
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(my user terminal has a white background): that's down in the basement, |
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where all the pipes & wires are & you need a hard hat & safety boots |
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& you need to unlock the basement door, whose key is the root password. |
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also, my user terminal says : |
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524: gx> which sudo |
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which: no sudo in (/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin::/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/kde/3.5/bin) |
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