Re: Now We Are Rollin'
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 11:37:56 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 at 12:04 GMT, Paul Morgan penned:
>>
>> You have a fair chance of gaining some unexpected experience points by
>> logging into X as root, unless you are unplugging all external network
>> devices first. Not allowing root access to X is pretty much at the
>> top of my "never, ever do this under any circumstances" list. There
>> are several ways in which you can get hurt, none of which I wish to
>> advertise in an open forum.
>>
>
> Security through obscurity? C'mon, now!
>
> Inquiring minds want to know!
Very funny, kiddo :)
I don't want to get anyone's system fscked up, they're all pretty
much documented in security howtos, etc.
Anyway, if one *doesn't* allow root login access to X, one can't
accidentally do dumb stuff like execute IRC clients, etc.
I am an expert on doing dumb stuff, but even I have limits :)
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