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Re: Now We Are Rollin'



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!

-- 
monique



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