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Max File #1 / 25
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 Charlie Root has to go!
Now that I'm using my FreeBSD server and sending mail from it, I am in need of changing the name that shows up when I send mail as root. Some of biz contacts just would get the wrong idea about Charlie Root. I used to know where to change this, but in 4.2 I am at a loss as to how I used to do it. Can someone offer some idea here?
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Fri, 30 May 2003 09:39:29 GMT |
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Jim Levi #2 / 25
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 Charlie Root has to go!
In article <72ABCF11B04BE178.1867BB91E22D9B60.0C16102D9E9F6...@lp.airnews.net>, "Max
Using "chfn root" is an easy way. As always, it's a good idea to take a look at "man chfn" before diving in. -- The instructions said to use Windows 98 or better, so I installed FreeBSD.
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Thu, 29 May 2003 23:47:39 GMT |
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Kirk Strause #3 / 25
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 Charlie Root has to go!
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1
This isn't exactly the answer you were looking for, but anyway... Are you sure you need to be sending email as root in the first place? I left "Charlie &" as the "real" name because, honestly, I want to remind myself that I shouldn't be using that account for anything other than system administration anyway. Put another way: if I ever send a mail as Charlie Root, and my friends laugh at me, then I feel embarassed because I was working from the wrong account and not because I hadn't changed the name.
If you insist, chsh does the trick. - -- Kirk Strauser If this message is not cryptographically signed, then it may have been sent by someone other than me. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.5 and Gnu Privacy Guard <http://www.gnupg.org/> iD8DBQE6NEgoxmXltHAvlVIRAtcjAJ9XgitCF86tUXi7Fi88qlmq4/4HtQCdEtCZ yYK2nFRy0dwI+ek6xDz+tkk= =FQH3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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Fri, 30 May 2003 11:21:28 GMT |
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Dinsda #4 / 25
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 Charlie Root has to go!
Why on earth would you be sending mail to people as root? Ever heard of su and sudo? -- As your attorney, it is my duty to inform you that it is not important that you understand what I'm doing or why you are paying me so much money. What's important is that you continue to do so. --Dr. Gonzo reply to domain piranhabrothers dot org username dinsdale
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Fri, 30 May 2003 12:41:49 GMT |
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Donn Mille #5 / 25
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 Charlie Root has to go!
Agreed. No one should be doing anything as root, except setting the time clock, modifying system files, and doing the occasional make install. This is a common newbie mistake. All activities should be done as a regular user, except administrative. And even then, user should su root, not login as root directly (except in rare cases). There should be a warning "Never login as root! Always login as yourself, and su root." Remember when that message used to be in FreeBSD? It was about 4-5 years ago. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----
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Fri, 30 May 2003 13:37:32 GMT |
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david parso #6 / 25
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 Charlie Root has to go!
In article <slrn938mfq.iou.$U...@dinsdale.piranhabrothers.org>,
From: root To: joe user Subject: Cut it out. Stop {*filter*}ing with the system NOW. Thanks. -BOFH ____ david parsons \bi/ It's more diplomatic than walking into their cube with \/ tinsnips and cutting off their network access.
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Fri, 30 May 2003 14:48:57 GMT |
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Dinsda #7 / 25
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 Charlie Root has to go!
On 10 Dec 2000 22:48:57 -0800, david parsons <o...@pell.portland.or.us> wrote:
Why not use a proper mailing agent and forge it so it looks like it's coming from root without actually doing so? Sorry, personal rule. All mail tasks exist only in userland. Luser would never know it was forged anyway. -- As your attorney, it is my duty to inform you that it is not important that you understand what I'm doing or why you are paying me so much money. What's important is that you continue to do so. --Dr. Gonzo reply to domain piranhabrothers dot org username dinsdale
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Fri, 30 May 2003 15:43:09 GMT |
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david parso #8 / 25
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 Charlie Root has to go!
In article <slrn9391f6.j27.$U...@dinsdale.piranhabrothers.org>,
I like using /bin/mail for sending quick messages. I'd sure hate to get into a habit that requires me to fire up ${FANCY_MAILER} so I can forge headers. ____ david parsons \bi/ Better to su in, fix the problem, then send the threat. \/
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Fri, 30 May 2003 17:09:14 GMT |
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Dave Simo #9 / 25
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 Charlie Root has to go!
We've tracked down the source of the following rumour to o...@pell.portland.or.us (david parsons) on Mon, 11 Dec 2000 06:48:57 GMT :
What's wrong with From: David Parsons To: joe user Subject: Cut it out. Stop {*filter*}ing with the system NOW. Thanks. -BOFH ? OK, I've installed the free software. Now where's the free beer? To mail me, carve my name and address out of spam.
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Fri, 30 May 2003 22:51:06 GMT |
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Richard Cale #10 / 25
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 Charlie Root has to go!
dp> From: root dp> To: joe user dp> Subject: Cut it out. dp> Stop {*filter*}ing with the system NOW. Thanks. To which the user should reply From: Joe <user> To: root Subject: Glass houses Stop doing things as root before you {*filter*} the system for everyone. -- Mail me as rjc not s...@cstr.ed.ac.uk _O_ |<
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Sat, 31 May 2003 00:57:58 GMT |
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Heiko Recktenwal #11 / 25
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 Charlie Root has to go!
This is a fine sig ;-) Anyway, some weeks ago, I installed BeOS, for playing, which looks rather unixish, but seems to be root only. And what is with MacOS X ? H.
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Sat, 31 May 2003 01:42:19 GMT |
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Donn Mille #12 / 25
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 Charlie Root has to go!
Or become r00t3d and become a base of operations for l33t hack3rz.... -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.**-**.com/ - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 80,000 Newsgroups - 16 Different Servers! =-----
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Sat, 31 May 2003 02:58:26 GMT |
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Charles A. Plate #13 / 25
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 Charlie Root has to go!
MacOS X uses sudo, but it does set the root password to the same password that is used for the installing user. (i.e. the user you use when running the setup assistant) You are indeed running as that user, but you have sudo all access. -- Charles A. Plater Technical Consultant UNIX WebFarm PH: 24(88918) mailto:cpla...@ford.com mailto:Charles.Pla...@commerceone.com CommerceOne Global Services Group
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Sat, 31 May 2003 03:42:09 GMT |
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Reinoud van Leeuw #14 / 25
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 Charlie Root has to go!
On 10 Dec 2000 21:21:28 -0600, Kirk Strauser <k...@strauser.com> wrote:
Well I don't know about you but I receive two mails from "Charly Root" every day: The "daily run output" and "security check output" (I have a .forward in ~root to the userid I normally use) So I think the original question is a very normal one. __________________________________________________ "Nothing is as subjective as reality" Reinoud van Leeuwen rein...@xs4all.nl http://www.xs4all.nl/~reinoud __________________________________________________
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Sat, 31 May 2003 05:56:11 GMT |
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Desmond Coughl #15 / 25
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 Charlie Root has to go!
On Mon, 11 Dec 2000 21:56:11 GMT, Reinoud van Leeuwen <rein...@xs4all.nl> wrote: [snip]
My wife has been exchanging e-mail with Charlie Root for a while now. The cheating {*filter*} thinks I don't know what the pair of them have been up to, but sooner or later, I'm going to confront them with the evidence ... [snip] -- ********************************************************************** * Desmond Coughlan Network Engineer Forum des Images Paris * * dcough...@vdp.fr http://www.**-**.com/ (01) 44.76.62.29 * * PGP Public Key: http://www.**-**.com/ ;* * Fingerprint: 3F1F C838 88D5 2659 B00A 6DF6 6883 FB9C E34A AC93 * **********************************************************************
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Sat, 31 May 2003 05:57:23 GMT |
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