On Fri, 2004-07-09 at 14:10, Dave Pawson wrote: > Broadening this topic a bit, > are there any general guidance documents as to what 'user' should > run what apps or utilities? > Or even what users/groups to set up? > > I'm referring to a single user setup rather than an administered one. > > TIA, DaveP Have not seen anything that specifically addresses this. However you can get an idea by looking at a brand new installs /etc/passwd file. Many of those entries are defaults. Others will depend on the packages you install. The best rule is to always always always run with the least amount of privileges you can. Use root as little as possible. Obviously there are some things that only root can do. If it is a single person system then you can relax this rule a little but it is better to run as a normal user as much as possible. On multi-user systems you should use su to get to root privileges or even better configure sudo to limit the commands that people can/need to run as root. It is a nice way to permit people to run certain things as root but not grant root access to the entire system. Disable direct root login to the box, force a user to login as themselves then use su or sudo to get root privileges. And last always run with the least amount of privileges you can. Did I already say that? :) -- Scot L. Harris webid@xxxxxxxxxx "I've got some amyls. We could either party later or, like, start his heart." -- "Cheech and Chong's Next Movie"
