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Re: [cobalt-users] [root access with ProFTPD]
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] [root access with ProFTPD]
- From: Wayne Sagar <wsagar@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon Mar 26 06:37:31 2001
- List-id: Mailing list for users to share thoughts on Cobalt products. <cobalt-users.list.cobalt.com>
>su is the command to switch user. "$" command prompt above indicates that
>the user is logged is as non-root. "su" without modifiers instructs that
>you want to switch to the root account. If you're logged in as root, you
>don't need to su.
>
>Generally, it is advisable to log in with an account other than root, and
>switch to root only when it is necessary.
Roger that Peter!! I may seem to need too detailed of instructions at times.. but scared to death of doing something wrong via mis-reading instructions..
Thanks for all the help on this "guys" (quoted due to some of the members here being female and also quite helpful!)
This is a great list when we all work together!
WS