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- From: bairstow@haydn.psu.edu (Steven Bairstow)
- Subject: Re: Logging as root....bad idea?
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- Organization: Penn State University
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- Date: Thu, 23 Jul 92 20:38:31 GMT
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- c3460344@fsu1.cc.fsu.edu (C3460344) writes:
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- > I use Linux on my PC at home. It is in no way connected to any other
- > machines, and I am the sole user of it. Is there anything wrong with
- > loggin in as root all the time? Someone mentioned that it was a bad idea
- > because you can delete/modify ANY file. Well, what else would someone want
- > but total controll over their system? I have access to all of my DOS
- > files...what's the big deal?
- >
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- What I would like is a new version of rm, where are the lastest sources?
- The version that came on the last root disk allows someone in group other
- to erase a file owned by root in group wheel. Even with the file I'm
- trying to erase set to permissions 600, it will ask if you want to overide
- these permissions and then merrily delete it. I have checked and rm is not
- setuid. What is going on here?
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