Re: Root sending messages to users
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Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 06/20/08 09:12, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> 2008/6/20 Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>:
>>>> Well, it is a one-user box,
>>> No it's not. Unix hasn't just had "meat" users in 30 years. If you
>>> don't believe me, cat her box's /etc/passwd.
>>>
>> I meant, the only human user.
>
>>>> but she is that user! When I SSH in I SSH in as her.
>>> That's horrible security practice. Add an account for yourself, and
>>> ssh in under it.
>>>
>> I only SSH in from the LAN for a few seconds time ever. I update her
>> system with apt-get, I copy over a file, stuff like that. There is no
>> NAT on the router, so SSH is not forwarded in from outside.
>
> Even if, in this instance, there's no "harm" (she's you're wife,
> after all), it's still Bad Practice, and that makes for Bad Habits.
>
> In 15 seconds you can create user "dotan" on that machine, and log
> in as it, then sudo or su to do whatever you need to do.
>
Besides.. I have a similar setup on my mother's machine, where i want my
own .vimrc etc..
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