On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 18:12, Joseph S D Yao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Doing everything as root is just plain bad security. Plan around it. That is why sudo is so convenient. I never meant that you would need to do everything as root, only that you needed to be able to do things as root. I almost never do a su - root, and use sudo almost whenever I need root powers. I keep my config files writable only by root, and use sudoedit to edit them. I use sudo apachectl to restart apache etc... Krist -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bremgarten b. Bern, Switzerland -- A: It reverses the normal flow of conversation. Q: What's wrong with top-posting? A: Top-posting. Q: What's the biggest scourge on plain text email discussions? --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] " from the digest: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
