On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 14:52, Toshiro wrote: > > > > > > I agree. However I Dont run EVERYTHING as root nor am I a new user. Also > > > being an IT Manager I DO occasionally su to root and ssh into my > > > company's machines as root to do admin stuff so I really would not want > > > to blast away my ssh keys nor my root env. > > hmmm is it possible to ssh as a user and then su to root? would that not be > > more secure? > > > > What's the point in doing that way? When you use ssh, the communication > is encrypted. I don't see the advantage of ssh as a normal user first.
>From having had it save my buns... Big advantage is that you know who su'd to root. I had a boy genius who "discovered" root from one of my employee's logged in su'd and made some changes he wanted ... ie opening up some ports for a file sharing software that he wanted to use company bandwidth for. The only reason we caught it was because of the su... now granted this has been a couple of years but it does illustrate a use. (One reason I like the BSD style su over linux) The advantage.... paper trail so to speak. James > > > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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