On Tue 01 Jun 2010 12:39:09 NZST +1200, Hadley Rich wrote:
Even more useful is
sudo sux
sux
sux: Command not found.
sux was deprecated some while ago. It's now integrated in su, and runs
xauth somehow via pam. A ~/.xauth... is created.
It Just Works(TM).
which gives root the ability to
On Mon, 31 May 2010 12:27:38 you wrote:
On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Ryan McCoskrie
ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com wrote:
Okay there have been a few misunderstandings about what I meant in my
original post on this thread. After some thinking I believe that I can
clarify myself properly
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Ryan McCoskrie ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com wrote:
You do if you have a neurotic need to configure every detail but lack the time
and bandwidth for Gentoo/Slackware/LFS.
well give it a root password then. What the hell has bandwidth to do
with configuration?
On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:27:07 you wrote:
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Ryan McCoskrie ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com
wrote:
You do if you have a neurotic need to configure every detail but lack the
time and bandwidth for Gentoo/Slackware/LFS.
well give it a root password then. What the hell
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Ryan McCoskrie ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:27:07 you wrote:
On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Ryan McCoskrie ryan.mccosk...@gmail.com
wrote:
You do if you have a neurotic need to configure every detail but lack the
time and bandwidth
Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
Ok so can you make do without a root password, but I still don't see why
I have to and remain not to be interested. Each to their own.
I think you really want to disable root login (entirely) for, say, a
university computer-lab. Anyone could switch to a virtual console
On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 20:47 +1200, Ryan McCoskrie wrote:
[snip]
You know Ryan, I still haven't got a clue what you're actually wanting!
TBH, any linux, freebsd, Solaris, HP-UX, etc, etc, etc - they all
provide a platform for you to run your applications upon. They all talk
to each other in the
On Tue, 2010-06-01 at 21:20 +1200, Aidan Gauland wrote:
Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
Ok so can you make do without a root password, but I still don't see why
I have to and remain not to be interested. Each to their own.
I think you really want to disable root login (entirely) for, say, a
On 01/06/10 21:20, Aidan Gauland wrote:
Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
Ok so can you make do without a root password, but I still don't see why
I have to and remain not to be interested. Each to their own.
I think you really want to disable root login (entirely) for, say, a
university computer-lab.
Like Volker, I have yet to be convinced of the point of typing
sudo in front of all the commands I want to run as root.
When it becomes reflex, you are going to make the same mistakes
as if you login as root.
True true.
Still, I like not having a root password. Means I don't have to change
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Peter Glassenbury (CSSE)
peter.glassenb...@canterbury.ac.nz wrote:
Like Volker, I have yet to be convinced of the point of typing
sudo in front of all the commands I want to run as root.
When it becomes reflex, you are going to make the same mistakes
as if you
On 2 June 2010 10:31, Jim Cheetham j...@gonzul.net wrote:
If you are the owner of the computer in question and you are
competant, there is no reason at all not to use root all the time.
Just set your uid to 0 and be done with it. I'm as serious with that
comment as I am with writing passwords
On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 08:31 +1000, Jim Cheetham wrote:
On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Peter Glassenbury (CSSE)
peter.glassenb...@canterbury.ac.nz wrote:
Like Volker, I have yet to be convinced of the point of typing
sudo in front of all the commands I want to run as root.
When it becomes
Hello,
A few months ago I asked on this list if anyone had any older SCSI gear.
I received some responses and am now sorted on that front. However now I
am on the look-out for some older SCSI differential (HVD) equipment.
Either a hard disk or a tape drive would be perfect, but failing that
I'd
On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 13:12 +1200, Andre Renaud wrote:
Hello,
A few months ago I asked on this list if anyone had any older SCSI gear.
I received some responses and am now sorted on that front. However now I
am on the look-out for some older SCSI differential (HVD) equipment.
Either a hard
Steve Holdoway wrote:
On Wed, 2010-06-02 at 13:12 +1200, Andre Renaud wrote:
Hello,
A few months ago I asked on this list if anyone had any older SCSI gear.
I received some responses and am now sorted on that front. However now I
am on the look-out for some older SCSI differential (HVD)
Hi all, monthly notice, Jun.2:
Tonight is the Sydenham GNU/Linux Users' workshop, 7.30-9.30pm (first
Wednesday of each month, February to December), at the South Learning
Centre http://www.library.christchurch.org.nz/South/, (rear door)
South Christchurch Library, 66 Colombo Street,
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