On Sun, May 01, 2011 at 10:27:57AM -0300, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > Is my use of root, given these users are all local on the system with > > Gnome, a risk if none of the users are hostile? > > I have no idea what is your "use of root" nor what are "these users", so > it's hard to answer. > > > If someone logs into the system with remote desktop, (not happening during > > the day), is he able to see all the keypresses, as outlined in the link > > I was referred to in the previous emails? > > Yes. Remote desktop is something you should stay away from, as > a general rule, except for "remote debugging" or if you're logging > remotely into your own sessions. Otherwise, you're much better off > logging in remotely via ssh which does not suffer from those > security risks.
ssh -X may be your friend. But there may be some configuration to do. On my Debian system it was disabled by default. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
