comp.os.linux.networking

At Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:55:59 -0500 Ignoramus10392 wrote:

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> On 2008-04-07, Keith Keller wrote:
> > On 2008-04-07, Ignoramus10392 wrote:
> >>
> >> I do need from time to time to perform root tasks from scripts, for
> >> example restarting named after DNS zone files update.
> >
> > That is what su and sudo are for.
> >
> >
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> I thought that both su and sudo require the user to enter a password?

Yes. su requires the root password and sudo requires the user's
password. In either case, the ssh login is for a non-priv username, not
root's. You generally should NOT log in as root, either locally or
remotely. You should NEVER log in as root and do any sort of non-admin
work, like surf the 'net, read E-Mail, play games, edit documents,
compile programs, etc.

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