IMO and many will tell me I'm wrong. tools like sudo and fakeroot make sense on a large system where you have to give more than one person root rights for some things but do not want to give them this power for everything. On a system where there is only one person who can do everything root needs to do I think they introduce just one more way to get root or at least part of root. I will admit that I know more about sudo and not so much about fakeroot. On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 10:59:47AM -0500, Ken Januski wrote: > Thanks Ray, > > Let me rephrase the question. I've never used fakeroot or sudo but > realize that they allow root privileges without being root. What I'm > wondering, and I know this is very basic, is why it is better to do > whatever you're doing as a fake root rather than as the real root? Is it > a matter of security, convenience, what? > > Ken > > > > ray p wrote: > > > > If you are using kernel-package you have to have root rights to compile it. Using fakeroot lets you do it without being root kind of like sudo. > > > > On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 10:40:34AM -0500, Ken Januski wrote: > > > Thanks to all who've helped me in recompiling my kernel. I used > > > kernel-package on one debian box and it worked fine. But now I'm about > > > to do it on another more important box and I'd like to know why I should > > > not do this as root, as I did on first box, and instead use fakeroot or > > > something similar. > > > > > > I'm sure there are very good reasons. I'd just like an explanation of > > > the problems created by running it as root and the virtues of not doing > > > so. Thanks for your patience in answering a basic question. > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > > > > > > -- > > BOFH excuse #44: > > > > bank holiday - system operating credits not recharged > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- BOFH excuse #365: parallel processors running perpendicular today
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