Re: dangerous to leave root logged in?

From: Rincewind (rinso_at_unseen.edu)
Date: 03/28/05 

Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:30:10 GMT

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:42:37 -0800, hans_schulze98 mumbled something like
this:

> Is it a problem to leave root logged in at all times? Or to leave
> root-admin tools (YaST, kuser, ...) running at all times? This is done on
> a different X Server than the ones used for regular users, and noone has
> physical access to the machine (but internet is always on).
> Note that the regular user activity (email etc) is not done from the root
> account.
>
> In fact, is it dangerous to run an (extra) X-server for root (additionally
> to the one for the
> user)? E.g. SUSE prevents this; logging root into kdm only gives YaST, not
> KDE.

If no-one has physical access to the machine, why is it running an X
server at all? You do not need this to display X apps on a remote machine! 

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