exactly! if you're the only one using your machine, why do this? But if you
have others who can log in as root, it will be better to identify first who
logged in. if something wrong happens, it can be traced who last used the
machine. the purpose is not to blame the guy, but usually to ask him of what
he did to simplify the troubleshooting.
On Wednesday 02 May 2001 16:26, you wrote:
> AFAIK the disadvantage is when you have multiple people with root
> access to a machine - if you log in as root then when checking who
> logged in and when using "last" you don't know who the person was,
> but a login with your username and then "su -" will log who was doing
> root stuff... kinda handy in tracking down what's going on on a
> machine administered by a varierty of people...
>
> not sure if there is a problem if it's just you and your own server
> though...
>
> - dan.
>
> At 1:43 PM +0800 2/5/01, Mark Lo (3) wrote:
> > I have been searching the news group about ssh2, people are
> >discouraged with root login, I would like to know what is the disadvantage
> >of root login. What if, I only use public key to login, and I am pretty
> >sure no one can steal my key, then what is the disadvantage about root
> > login in this circumstances.
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