On Wed, 2004-03-17 at 16:40, Tom 'Needs A Hat' Mitchell wrote: > On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 05:13:58PM +0000, WipeOut wrote: > > > > Can somone point me to a good doc on using "su".. > > > > I have always just logged in a root because security was not really an But you know that's 'not a good thing'. > With a standard user account if you type or click one of the 60+ administrative > functions you will be prompted for the root pass word. i.e. For these things > you do not need to do a "su -". Typing your root password many times each day maximizes opertunities for finger-watchers. And besides, it's a pain in the asterisk! I have an icon on the panel that starts a terminal with the command xterm -fg white -bg '#000050' -e su - This way, I only type root's password once. The colors are to make the window obviously different than the black-on-white gnome-terminals that that I do "user" stuff in. -- Oisin Curtin Oisin.Curtin (at) PhoenixFltOps.com "Life is a non-renewable resource, use it well." -- Curly++, a survivor. In my opinion, my opinions are mine and may differ from those of my wife or my employer. Oddly, my wife and my employer both agree emphatically.
