[789] in linux-security and linux-alert archive
Re: [linux-security] standard users,groups,perms?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lars Wirzenius)
Wed Jun 12 18:59:45 1996
From: Lars Wirzenius <liw@iki.fi>
To: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 11 Jun 1996 12:12:29 EDT."
<199606111612.MAA30106@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 23:07:46 +0300
Jeff Uphoff:
> A bit of disagreement here too: I find a prompt that really stands out
> and SHOUTS a constant reminder that the uid is 0 to be A Good Thing.
Similarly, I have an xterm running a root shell. It uses red as the
background color. My usual xterms have a white background. The root
xterm is ugly as hell. This means I avoid using it, unless I have to,
and it is really difficult to use it by mistake.
