Subject: Re: "Don't login as root, use the su command."
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Peter Seebach <seebs@plethora.net>
List: current-users
Date: 02/10/2000 10:52:50
In message <Pine.NEB.4.21.0002101352580.22416-100000@oblivion.mono.org>, David
Brownlee writes:
> I'd like to change this mesage in root's .login to make it clearer
> what is going on.
>
> What do people think of:
>
>Creation of a non root account and use of su(1) for root access is recommended
>.
I think the message shouldn't be there. I also don't like the 'tset' thing.
Couldn't it just either guess or warn me?
99% of my root logins look like this:
Don't login as root, use the su command.
Terminal type [vt220]? cd /usr/src
Unknown terminal type "cd /usr/src"
Terminal type? [^M]
Terminal type? ^C
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