[CUBE] American Keyboard

[Joost van de Griek]

On 2003-03-20 23:58, a l a n t h o m p s o n wrote:

> or you can do everything via sudo which i'm sure some whiner on the
> list will tell you to do.  it's pratically the same thing, and the same
> mistakes can be made using sudo.  now, if you actually took the time to
> really use sudo to its potential, then perhaps there would be a
> meaningful difference.  otherwise, root away!

Yup, whiner, here!

Actually, it's not entirely the same. As you already said, for the method
you (and Brooks) described, the root user needs to be enabled. That means
someone can login as root, even from a remote machine. That in itself is a
security hazard. Not a big one, assuming that you choose your root password
carefully, but still.

There. Done whining.

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