On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 06:04:20AM -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 15:40:07 +0100, > Martin Gracik <mgracik@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I agree that there are many people doing this, but logging in as root is > > I believe a security risk, and I think we should encourage the users to > > use policies that are more secure. And also, gdm does not allow you to > > login as root by default. > > su'ing to root from a normal account has simlar risks. Exploits need to > be a bit more complicated, but once they are script kiddie ready you > don't gain much by having to give two passwords to get full access. It is more risky to run more code as root than to run less. Logging into a graphical desktop as root means /everything/ runs as root, from the window manager to the browser and everything in between. This is much more risky than just running a command or shell as root using sudo or su. _______________________________________________ Anaconda-devel-list mailing list Anaconda-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list
