-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 06/21/08 22:23, Rich Healey wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 06/20/08 09:12, Dotan Cohen wrote: >>> 2008/6/20 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>>>> Well, it is a one-user box, >>>> No it's not. Unix hasn't just had "meat" users in 30 years. If you >>>> don't believe me, cat her box's /etc/passwd. >>>> >>> I meant, the only human user. >>>>> but she is that user! When I SSH in I SSH in >>>>> as her. >>>> That's horrible security practice. Add an account for yourself, and >>>> ssh in under it. >>>> >>> I only SSH in from the LAN for a few seconds time ever. I update her >>> system with apt-get, I copy over a file, stuff like that. There is no >>> NAT on the router, so SSH is not forwarded in from outside. >> Even if, in this instance, there's no "harm" (she's you're wife, >> after all), it's still Bad Practice, and that makes for Bad Habits. > >> In 15 seconds you can create user "dotan" on that machine, and log >> in as it, then sudo or su to do whatever you need to do. > > Besides.. I have a similar setup on my mother's machine, where i want my > own .vimrc etc..
And how long did it take you to set up that account to your liking?? - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New York is doomed." -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkhdyB0ACgkQS9HxQb37XmeliwCfXJmzI48+UP+Dr+loOcHd4AQ/ pe8AmwZ/YlnHtWigp4cfK8R2z+TqZr5D =iCbo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
