[P1] Logging in as root

[Meg St. Clair]

On 2/2/03 7:12 PM, "Richard McKay" <richard.mckay1 at virgin.net> wrote:



> If you start changing too many configuration files or such hidden files (.
> files) then the potential is there to change the settings for such things as
> modem or sound or other hardware like ethernet or monitor settings and the
> services that use them...this would be unlikely but you could potentially
> set the volume to damaging levels to the speakers that a normal user would
> never have access to, or the modem could be configured wrong and cause
> serious problems, the display settings could cause damage to the monitor but
> again it would require a good knowledge of which files and an editor to view
> them and change them...The golden rule is really important with unix as it
> *really* gives the user the power to do *anything* no matter how
> damaging...Think twice, act once...

> 
> My 0.02
> 
> Richard
> --


Thanks for some interesting things to think about. I try very hard to stay
away from files I can't identify.

All the information makes me reconsidered learning the proper syntax for
sudo.

Meg