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Re: Root sending messages to users



On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 6:27 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On 06/20/08 17:09, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> While I agree that every user of a machine should have his own home
>> directory, I am not a user of that machine. I am an administrator
>> (ha!) of that machine.
>
> So what?  Since you don't use it that often, it won't matter that
> it's not customized to the Nth degree.  Doing the right thing takes
> just a fraction more effort than doing the right thing,

"Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien." - Voltaire

There is a point at which security becomes busy-work...  IMO _in this
situation_ this is it.

I'd stick my ssh key in there though, in case she changes her password one day.

Brian


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