Re: Newbie administrator

[Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net>]

On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 17:42:43 -0800 (PST)
Alvin Oga <aoga@Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com> wrote:

> and if i was admining your box... i'd "chmod 750 /sbin /usr/sbin"
> and hide/remove root passwds so that i can sleep late or wont be
> paged because something broke

Two questions:

1) OK, I understand why "chmod 750 /sbin /usr/sbin". Makes sense to keep users out of there, but it creates problems for users, such as this:

   /usr/bin/pon: /usr/sbin/pppd: Permission denied
   /usr/bin/pon: exec: /usr/sbin/pppd: cannot execute: Permission denied


2) "hide/remove root passwds" - you've lost me here. Obviously, I can't hide or remove /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow. Please give me some more details.

regards,
Robert






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> flame suit on...
> c ya
> alvin
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