Joe Hart wrote the following on 21.04.2007 21:02: <snip>
> Note that doing things with sudo the way Ubuntu does it is dangerous > because if someone hacks into your computer (not likely if you have good > security set up) or someone happens to come by your computer while sudo > still keeps the password in memory, your giving full root access to said > interloper. That's why you only have to type the password once for > multiple sudo commands. (BTW, the timeout is adjustable) I hit STRG+ALT+l everytime i leave the computer. But that´s not only to prevent someone from being root on my box but also to prevent misusing e.g. my mailaccount what can be as dangerous. Security is more a matter of behavior then of technic imho. That´s why pfishing so so successful these days. > A much safer way is to use su -c "foo" and only issue the one command, > but the quotes are needed, and that can become tiresome. > > But remember, it is your system and how you choose to use it is your > decision. Just keep good security practices in mind and you're likely > to enjoy happy computing a lot longer. > > Joe bye Thilo -- i am on Ubuntu 2.6 KDE - some friend of mine gpg key: 0x4A411E09 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
