On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 18:12, Joseph S D Yao <jsdy@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Doing everything as root is just plain bad security. Plan around it. That is why sudo is so convenient. I never meant that you would need to do everything as root, only that you needed to be able to do things as root. I almost never do a su - root, and use sudo almost whenever I need root powers. I keep my config files writable only by root, and use sudoedit to edit them. I use sudo apachectl to restart apache etc... Krist -- krist.vanbesien@xxxxxxxxx krist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Bremgarten b. Bern, Switzerland -- A: It reverses the normal flow of conversation. Q: What's wrong with top-posting? A: Top-posting. Q: What's the biggest scourge on plain text email discussions? --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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