Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 02:46:55 +0300 From: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr> To: avenger <arch@ecis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Logging in as root Message-ID: <37C08BEF.EBDF3E46@ispro.net.tr> References: <99082216103500.00824@Orion>
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somebody may sniff your root password and then get root when you are not there :) I am not able to think something else at the moment. Evren avenger wrote: > > While i am not dumb and dont log in as root always, every so often i need > to log in as root for various things. what i am asking is, as root, do i open up > any sort of security issue when connected online (i.e. some sort of a hole that > will compromise my system) ? I dont run a firewall. Besides being dangerous to > myself, can someone else mess with my system while i am root, or is the danger > the same as logging in as a regular user? > > thanks > Dan > arch@ecis.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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