-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ron Johnson wrote: > 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?? >
Not very on each machine, a few scp lines. He really should set up his own account. - -- Rich Healey - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Developer / Systems Admin - OpenPGP: 0x8C8147807 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: richohealey33 irc.psych0tik.net -> #hbh #admins richohealey irc.freenode.org -> #hbh #debian PythonNinja -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIXgAhLeTfO4yBSAcRAvDKAKCWim/hMuNwHDN7yy5iORpCi2nWigCcDZil uRZuzLUOQ6U9c+xpVJ/Fjoo= =H9zt -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
