14 Dec
2011
14 Dec
'11
4:05 p.m.
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 04:14:58PM -0500, Sean Conner wrote:
It was thus said that the Great David Riley once
stated:
They don't, at least not in the default config.
At looks like they want to simply but up a noticeable, but not hard barrier
before the inexperienced user takes careful aim at his foot ;-)
And yes, I've known (clueless about Unix, obviously) people who used
root as their normal user account. And boasted about it "I'm so awesome!1".
Kind regards,
Alex.
--
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison
On Dec 14, 2011, at 2:16 PM, Sean Conner wrote:
I never tried, figuring that they just might lock those out. GenericUbuntuNonRootUserPrompt% sudo vi
(while in vi)
:shell
What's wrong with "sudo bash", "sudo su" or even "sudo
-s"? Or does it
lock those out?