Subject: Re: Perhaps a silly question but...
From: Michael R Hanulec (hanulec@hanulec.com)
Date: Tue Mar 27 2001 - 06:16:23 MST
> Leaving a root shell open for four minutes and a half is dangerous enough.
> If
> you get in the habit of su-ing when you need to and exiting the shell as
> soon
> as you finish IMO you'll be better off.
true.. but like i said you can also change this timeout if 5 minutes is
not short enough for u..
> The downside being that someone who knows your normal login password
> can automatically get root access, whereas using 'su' requires two separate
> passwords.
someone knows your passwd, eek!! ;)
-mike
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