Subject: Re: CDROM: Now U see it, now U don't...
From: Patrick Ladam (ladam@smbh.smbh.univ-paris13.fr)
Date: Mon Dec 03 2001 - 14:29:09 MST
Christopher Murtagh wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Patrick Ladam wrote:
> >You miss-interpreted my humour (does humour belong in UNIX?), I
>
> humor and unix do not mix, or is that humor and eunuchs...
That was a private joke for Frank Zappa fans actually (he had a record entitled
'does humour belong in Music...).
>
>
> >try to count the time you spend as root and as a regular user on your
> >Linux box (be honest). Linux is not MacOS you have to put your hands
> >under the hood frequently no?
>
> On my desktop machine, I almost *never* log in as root, certainly not in
> X. sudo is my friend for most things (man sudo).
>
> On my servers, I do spend a lot of time (percentage wise) as root, but
> that's because the only time I log in is to make system
> changes/diagnostics, and those times are pretty rare. Even then, I'll
> often log in as a user, and su only if something is acting funny or I want
> to view /var/log/messages.
>
> I guess what it comes down to, is that I don't trust anyone as a user on
> my machines, including myself. mod_paranoid is also my friend.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
You are right Chris anyway, running as root is risky, the thing is this is my
personal
machine and I am the only user, I would sure not do that if I had to share it...
Cheers ('Sante' in French)
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