Re: Now We Are Rollin'
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.
> I am an expert on doing dumb stuff, but even I have limits :)
>
I have yet to fully explore my limits, I'm sure =P
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monique
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