On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 at 20:00 GMT, Paul Morgan penned: > On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 11:37:56 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: > >> On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 at 12:04 GMT, Paul Morgan penned: >>> >>> You have a fair chance of gaining some unexpected experience points >>> by logging into X as root, unless you are unplugging all external >>> network devices first. Not allowing root access to X is pretty much >>> at the top of my "never, ever do this under any circumstances" list. >>> There are several ways in which you can get hurt, none of which I >>> wish to advertise in an open forum. >>> >> >> Security through obscurity? C'mon, now! >> >> Inquiring minds want to know! > > Very funny, kiddo :)
I was genuinely curious ... but hey, whatever. I rarely even run X, let alone as root! > I don't want to get anyone's system fscked up, they're all pretty > much documented in security howtos, etc. > > Anyway, if one *doesn't* allow root login access to X, one can't > accidentally do dumb stuff like execute IRC clients, etc. IIRC, either xchat or bitchx ... probably bitchx ... won't even let you run as root. > I am an expert on doing dumb stuff, but even I have limits :) > I have yet to fully explore my limits, I'm sure =P -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
