-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello zephod,
On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 20:06:31 +0200, zephod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors): >If you can point me where I can do this in kmail 1.5.3, I will be glad to >do so. It seems that there is only a global Reply-to setting per identity, >but not one for a specific mailing list. Maybe I have overlooked it? I have no knowledge of kmail: I have used it less than a few hours and didn`t like it, but unless you need other reply-to`s in different situations, you should be able to remove it entirely. Then any replies for direct e-mail will go to your `From`-address, but mailinglist reply-to`s won`t be disturbed by your address :-) >> Indeed you can, but have you noticed how long kdesu (and the gnome >> equivalent too) remain resident even if terminated? So I do wonder if >> even that is wise. >> > >I have. But I don't see the difficulty in that. You look at the positive side; perhaps you have a high-powered machine. I have only a P II at 351 MHz and kill anything I don`t need, plus: I question whether it is wise to keep kdesu running when my `su` needs have already finished. >> When I used kdesu in that fashion I always killed it afterwards. Lately I >> found it much cleaner to open a terminal window and use `su` only. But >> any often used root commands went into my /etc/sudoers and aliases >> for them into my ~/.bashrc. >depending on what commands you put in sudoers, that might be a security >problem as well. My /etc/sudoers contains specifically the ID`s of the users that may execute certain specific commands; I would never grant sudo access to ALL or to a group of users without distinction. Plus: I happen to know that the users that have this restricted sudo access are the same who have `su` access. It is just more convenient for the user to type in his own password rather than the root password. And a keylogger, if any, couldn`t learn the root password this way. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/f8w1wC/zk+cxEdMRAs8uAJ9xeQ0CKBULALjrLq/sMycCpA4GdQCgiYOo Ax2zwQuI1syODuYwvuwbLWs= =IUFw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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