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Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 02:46:55 +0300
From: Evren Yurtesen <yurtesen@ispro.net.tr>
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To: avenger <arch@ecis.com>
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Subject: Re: Logging in as root
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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
> 
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