From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OieNX-0003yR-7E for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:15:47 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BD16CE0BE1; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:14:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mailout-de.gmx.net [213.165.64.23]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 54C00E0BE1 for ; Tue, 10 Aug 2010 02:14:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail invoked by alias); 10 Aug 2010 02:14:47 -0000 Received: from vpn2.rz.tu-ilmenau.de (EHLO eisen.localnet) [141.24.172.2] by mail.gmx.net (mp071) with SMTP; 10 Aug 2010 04:14:47 +0200 X-Authenticated: #4040096 X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX19YeiYXIspYFjMDcv0mq3Eqy1/pAedSCg8K2Kh6Rb /IQl/L2RufVyDc From: Frank Steinmetzger Organization: Steinstark To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Rooted/compromised Gentoo, seeking advice Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:14:41 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (Linux/2.6.32-5-686; KDE/4.4.5; i686; ; ) References: <201008092009.38665.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: X-Face: "1ZKx.!K_X3{$#BEQ:$_EGrL\2JP!)fOn%ETC?5g`N^|c]Ot>BKUWgrhDd%O@JCk~V84W+ dAj@~'4,w-yl(x#~nQzsu#UjM[Im(@4G[Cy:QFl&,MOH$ol=x_f+9bBFEHMuQSd_r-Dh#z v(\{?u|uqypD_!V*WDYS!m}]td@4'WhbN$ Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1895155.ShIROXFKvz"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201008100414.45253.Warp_7@gmx.de> X-Y-GMX-Trusted: 0 X-Archives-Salt: ce8f9a2d-cfe2-44fb-b15d-4257a7985360 X-Archives-Hash: 8050bd95ba07755c0f4435cf276fc959 --nextPart1895155.ShIROXFKvz Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am Dienstag, 10. August 2010 schrieb Paul Hartman: > Typing that long password into sudo every time I ran a command was a > hassle I=E2=80=99ve never used sudo, and never really liked the idea of it. In fac= t I=E2=80=99m=20 always amused and slightly annoyed by the sheer amount of sudo one can find= in=20 your typical ubuntu howto. ;-) It=E2=80=99s one reason why I abstained from installing Truecrypt 6, becaus= e it=20 requires sudo (Yes I know, in default setup you can=E2=80=99t do much with = it. It is=20 but an issue of principle). However, because I need root commands regularly= =20 (for example to initiate the VPN to my uni=E2=80=99s WiFi), I usually have = one tab in=20 Yakuake where I do a normal su once after login. And for more safety on my part, I also use different prompts: red hostname = for=20 root console, green user@hostname for nonroot. =2D-=20 Gru=C3=9F | Greetings | Qapla' What=E2=80=99s right is right, otherwise it=E2=80=99d be wrong. --nextPart1895155.ShIROXFKvz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkxgthIACgkQGafpl66MV0yQUwCgjZmV+UwF3lEIeR+D4N1X2+YI 6vQAoJTzJh1XMny9b/pjbIc4cQnPE4zl =/Og8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1895155.ShIROXFKvz--