On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 10:43:22AM -0500, Case, Benjamin wrote: > Is there such thing as a GUI File Manager that any security and safety > consious Debian users would use, as ROOT, to manage a file system (i.e. > move, copy, change permissions) ??
There are those who say that a security- and safety-conscious sysadmin doesn't use GUI apps as root. > Is it just a better practice to use CLI It is better to know the CLI even if you're going to use a GUI tool, partly because then you know when the CLI would be easier and partly because you'll have a better understanding of what the GUI is doing. > w/ suid to make those kind of changes. I suspect you probably meant "su" rather than "suid", but, just in case I'm wrong: DO NOT make anything suid unless you really know what you're doing! If you make mv, cp, or chmod suid, you will completely eliminate all local security on your system.
