it is best practice but the linux from scratch book says that: The commands in the remainder of this book must be performed while logged in as user root and no longer as user lfs. so I am thinking I should su to root but am unsure :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Stephen Partington wrote: > BEst practices rely on the use of SU and Sudo/SUdoers to perform any of > the elevated tasks. This prevents any unrecognized code from getting away > from you. this includes root not being able to log in under most > circumstances and especially via ssh. This is what i would stick with, > there is likely a very large plethora of online reading on the subject. > > > On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > >> Now they say: (section 5.36) >> Note >> The commands in the remainder of this book must be performed while >> logged in as user root and no longer as user lfs. >> >> The problem is that I do not know how they want me to become root (or if >> it matters). To become root I can either 'su' or 'exit' my current shell to >> the previous one. So what do you recommend? Does it matter? >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >