On 14.08.2013 17:36, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > I agree in principle that sudo is better then su. The problem I have > with it is security; when you use sudo you type in your own password. So > if your password is compromised, the hacker can do anything the sudo > user can do - which may be very bad. [snip]
One way around that is to not use the administrator's account for your daily tasks. Make a separate account without such privileges for daily use and only use the other one when you actually need root privileges. Regards, /Lars -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
