Re: Root sending messages to users
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On 06/21/08 22:23, Rich Healey wrote:
> 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..
And how long did it take you to set up that account to your liking??
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New
York is doomed."
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