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> No, it's my way to run things as root, in general. I distrust su, sudo |
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> and friends. |
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su is mature, well understood and the standard way of doing things. If you |
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had run an extra term in your X session that had been su'd to root, you |
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wouldn't be exposing a root shell at the console. Perhaps your distrust of |
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su is making you less secure? You might be thinking in absolutes, eg "su |
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is insecure" but its better to think along the lines of "is <some option> |
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more or less secure than su?" |
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