Sorry, I did not meant giving silly comments ;-) I just saw your email [EMAIL PROTECTED] so I thought you would usually work as root.
Marcel Am Dienstag den, 19. Februar 2002, um 17:22, schrieb Jonathan M. Hollin: > :: I don't know anything about your problem. I just wanted to > :: give you a > :: hint, as you said, that you were a complete linux newbie: > :: > :: Do not work as root. It is dangerous! The root account should be for > :: installation, configuration of the system and where it cannot be > :: avoided. I always have some regular user account for working on my > :: servers and as soon that I want to change something I do a "su". The > :: best is even to disable root logins on the console and > :: especially via > :: ssh / telnet. It gives you some extra security as everyone > :: knows, that > :: there must be a root account on a unix box. > > Marcel, I was working as root after an "su" as I couldn't install > Image::Magick under my own account. > > As far as security goes - I /think/ I have configured my box with only > the www and ssh services available, everything else is locked down (he > says, hopefully). > > :: Best regards and enjoy linux! > > Thank you. So far I'm enjoying Linux tremendously. It's really > challenging, but fun and intellectually stimulating. I only wish I'd > started years ago. > > > Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator > West Yorkshire Perl User Group > http://wypug.pm.org/ > > > ------------------- PGP / GPG Key: http://www.ncpro.com/GPG/mmweber-at-ncpro-com.asc