> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On > Behalf Of Jack Woehr > Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 11:38 AM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: ldd arbitrary code execution - good coders code, > great reuse <snip> > > Yes. They could. Which is why Real Unix Users don't log on as > root and > mostly use sudo to execute well-thought-out commands. > > If you can't learn to partition your world thusly, and back up > regularly, you really shouldn't use Unix. > > -- > Jack J. Woehr # <'I know what "it" means well
That is exactly how I do it. I sudo to do any work that needs UID(0). And my id is "nothing special" other than having sudo priviliges. I learned that very fast. If you run as root normally, you might as well use Windows! <grin> -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
