Andy Davies wrote: >> Two ways of accomplishing the same thing. > > Kevin, Ted, > there seems to be general agreement that running as root should be avoided > (some pernickety people prefer to disconnect all networks before doing so. > "sudo" is therefore recommended over "su". > I think the real risk is that you may forget you're root and do something > silly.
True. I've long set up my root environment to make it obvious that I'm not a regular user.... something like RedHat's old red-background with ticking time bombs desktop for root. <s> There's a whitepaper on my site (under Resources) that describes how to change the command line prompt, including text and colors... Whil _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
