Stuart Longland <[email protected]> wrote: > On 23/7/20 9:24 pm, Chris Green wrote: > > However it's doubtful if one wants or needs serious security on a BBB > > which will probably only ever have one user. OK, the normal/default > > permissions will prevent you (as a user) doing things that only root > > (which presumably will be you, on purpose) should be able to do, by > > mistake, but that's about all. > > Well, in some cases yes, you will be just running as a single user, you > might consider running everything you need as 'root', however this is > still not good practice and should not be encouraged. > No, I agree, I certainly don't do everything as root, as I said, apart from anything else, it protects one to some extent from one's own errors. That # prompt makes me check twice (or more!) before hitting return. (I tend to do 'sudo -i' so I *do' get a # prompt).
> I'd advise against doing so in any sort of production environment. > A home/domestic system is hardly a "production environment"! :-) -- Chris Green ยท -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/j623vg-akbg.ln1%40esprimo.zbmc.eu.
