Re: Now We Are Rollin'
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 17:30:05 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Monique Y. Herman wrote:
>> On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 at 20:00 GMT, Paul Morgan penned:
>>
>>>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 was genuinely curious ... but hey, whatever. I rarely even run X, let
>> alone as root!
>>
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>
>> IIRC, either xchat or bitchx ... probably bitchx ... won't even let you
>> run as root.
>>
>
> and GDM won't let you login as root...
>
> Hugo.
>
Not so. The *default config* won't allow root logins. Because it's an
inadvisable thing to do.
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