Hi I can't use terminal at my Devuan 1.0 beta lxde 64. I see this " Your name -sad- is not on system. Streng. Please help me.
22.05.2016, 14:48, "KatolaZ" <kato...@freaknet.org>: > On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 07:22:44AM -0300, Fernando M. Maresca wrote: >> On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 11:08:47AM +0100, KatolaZ wrote: >> >> > My solution has always been to keep users and root *separate*, >> > avoiding sudo altogether, and to ask myself to wear an appropriate >> > "magic-shiny-hat-with-green-glitters-and-silver-triangle-on-top" (that >> > I keep on my desk) whenever a part of myself has to become root and >> > perform a configuration task. I know that whenever I am wearing the >> > "magic-shiny-hat-with-green-glitters-and-silver-triangle-on-top" I >> > have to put extra care on whatever I do, since a mistake could cause >> > the regular users of my system (including the other part of myself) to >> > suffer unnecessary pain and disruption. >> > >> > No automagic tool can save you from your own stupidity. You need a >> > system administrator to manage your linux box, and investing a bit of >> > time in training a part of yourself for that task, and 2$ in buying a >> > "magic-shiny-hat-with-green-glitters-and-silver-triangle-on-top" is >> > really worth the effort, and the price :) >> >> very +1 >> >> and keep in mind: real men do everything as root and don't make >> backups :) >> >> I think sudo main advantage is to grant certain administrative >> privileges to junior sysadmin or regular users, without to reveal the >> root password. > > sudo is undeniably handy when administration is shared among several > admins, but in those cases it should be used with extreme care. I know > of real situations when one of the sudoers was allowed to edit > /etc/sudoers, and left the machine unusable by other admins due to a > syntax error in /etc/sudoers... > > Again, tools are just tools, and can't be replacements for policy and > knowledge. > > If one has to use something like sudo, I prefer the approach of > simpler tools, in the same spirit of "sup" > https://git.devuan.org/jaromil/sup). > > My2Cents > > KatolaZ > > -- > [ Enzo Nicosia aka KatolaZ --- GLUG Catania -- Freaknet Medialab ] > [ me [at] katolaz.homeunix.net -- http://katolaz.homeunix.net -- ] > [ GNU/Linux User:#325780/ICQ UIN: #258332181/GPG key ID 0B5F062F ] > [ Fingerprint: 8E59 D6AA 445E FDB4 A153 3D5A 5F20 B3AE 0B5F 062F ] > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
