On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Stephen Powell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 17:33:12 -0400 (EDT), Bob Proulx wrote: >> Then log out. At login you will be set to those additional groups. >> With those in place you can work as yourself in those areas. Safer >> than using root since as yourself you can't smash anything in the >> system directories /etc or /bin or /var or other system locations. >> This makes installing local software through 'make install' much safer >> and more contained when not done as root. If one were to crawl out of >> /usr/local for example you would see the failure. If you were running >> as root then you would not.
Isn't there a risk in granting user access to src, adm, and such if ever your user account is compromised? My uninformed opinion is that it's a question of relative risk; the 'risk' involved in building kernels as root, versus the risk involved in giving access to these dirs and tools should your account become compromised. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
