From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 28 15:10:37 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8DEAFD76 for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2013 15:10:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gamma.ukrhub.net (gamma.ukrhub.net [94.125.120.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EC374135C for ; Thu, 28 Nov 2013 15:10:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gamma.ukrhub.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gamma.ukrhub.net (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id rASFAXhB046632; Thu, 28 Nov 2013 17:10:33 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from ds@ukrhub.net) Received: (from ds@localhost) by gamma.ukrhub.net (8.14.7/8.14.7/Submit) id rASFAXG9046631; Thu, 28 Nov 2013 17:10:33 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from ds@ukrhub.net) X-Authentication-Warning: gamma.ukrhub.net: ds set sender to ds@ukrhub.net using -f Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 17:10:32 +0200 From: Taras Korenko To: Warren Block Subject: Re: en/handbook/users: proposed corrections Message-ID: <20131128151032.GE52681@gamma.ukrhub.net> References: <20131126190644.GC25578@gamma.ukrhub.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.22 (2013-10-16) Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.16 Precedence: list Reply-To: Taras Korenko List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 15:10:37 -0000 --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-u Content-Disposition: inline ... and the last (previously unnoticed) chunk follows: -- WBR, Taras Korenko --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX Content-Type: text/x-diff; charset=koi8-u Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="02_1.en.hb.users.diff" Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users/chapter.xml =================================================================== --- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users/chapter.xml (revision 43259) +++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users/chapter.xml (working copy) @@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ There are several ways to do things as the superuser. The worst way is to log in as root directly. - Usually very little activity requires root + Usually very little activity requires superuser privileges, so logging off and logging in as root, performing tasks, then logging off and on again as a normal user is a waste of time. @@ -991,8 +991,8 @@ A better way is to use &man.su.1; without providing a login but using - to inherit the root environment. - Not providing a login will imply super user. For this to work - the login that must be in the wheel group. + Not providing a login will imply superuser. For this to work + the current user must belong to the wheel group. An example of a typical software installation would involve the administrator unpacking the software as a normal user and then elevating their privileges for the build and installation of @@ -1016,10 +1016,10 @@ Using &man.su.1; works well for single systems or small networks with just one system administrator. For more complex - environments (or even for these simple environments) - sudo should be used. It is provided as a port, - security/sudo. It allows for - things like activity logging, granting users the ability to only + environments + sudo might be used. It is available as a + security/sudo package or port. + sudo provides activity logging, granting users the ability to only run certain commands as the superuser, and several other options. --IiVenqGWf+H9Y6IX--