Hi, list;
When only one person ever uses their own computer and they want Linux
installed, is it _really_necessary_ for these people to have to login,
give a password to get into their own computer if no one else ever uses it?
Is there some means that an individual user can get out of having
Separate logins are necessary to protect you from yourself. Root has unrestricted
access to every file on your system, thus making it very easy for you to screw
things up royally if you don't know what you are doing. Unless you are performing
system maintenance you want to login as a restricted
Here's a thought for you. What if somebody comes in and steals your PC.
I have a password on my BIOS so if some Ba*tard steals it, all he gets is a
doorstop. Maybe if someone knows what they are doing they could clear
this, but I want to make it damn difficult. I had my house broke into
Richard Salts wrote:
Hi, list;
When only one person ever uses their own computer and they want Linux
installed, is it _really_necessary_ for these people to have to login,
give a password to get into their own computer if no one else ever uses it?
Is there some means that an individual
is inexistant
Patrick
- Original Message -
From: Ripcrd6 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Login passwords
Here's a thought for you. What if somebody comes in and steals your PC.
I have a password on my BIOS so if some Ba
I agree with Brian...
On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Ripcrd6 wrote:
Here's a thought for you. What if somebody comes in and steals your PC.
I have a password on my BIOS so if some Ba*tard steals it, all he gets is a
doorstop. Maybe if someone knows what they are doing they could clear
this, but I
Yes you really need logins and passwords, there is a nice work around if
the site is secure (eg, your house) use rungetty, you'll beable to have it
spawn shells or X servers as the specified user (don't ever do this with
the root login, imagine your dogs/cats/kids/whoever eraseing the whole pc
