OT Re: Installing Perl::Magick

[Marcel Weber <mm...@ncpro.com>]

Sorry, I did not meant giving silly comments ;-) I just saw your email 
root@digital-word.com so I thought you would usually work as root.

Marcel



Am Dienstag den, 19. Februar 2002, um 17:22, schrieb Jonathan M. Hollin:

> :: I don't know anything about your problem. I just wanted to
> :: give you a
> :: hint, as you said, that you were a complete linux newbie:
> ::
> :: Do not work as root. It is dangerous! The root account should be for
> :: installation, configuration of the system and where it cannot be
> :: avoided. I always have some regular user account for working on my
> :: servers and as soon that I want to change something I do a "su". The
> :: best is even to disable root logins on the console and
> :: especially via
> :: ssh / telnet. It gives you some extra security as everyone
> :: knows, that
> :: there must be a root account on a unix box.
>
> Marcel, I was working as root after an "su" as I couldn't install
> Image::Magick under my own account.
>
> As far as security goes - I /think/ I have configured my box with only
> the www and ssh services available, everything else is locked down (he
> says, hopefully).
>
> :: Best regards and enjoy linux!
>
> Thank you.  So far I'm enjoying Linux tremendously.  It's really
> challenging, but fun and intellectually stimulating.  I only wish I'd
> started years ago.
>
>
> Jonathan M. Hollin - WYPUG Co-ordinator
> West Yorkshire Perl User Group
> http://wypug.pm.org/
>
>
>
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