[imp] secure IMP connections

[Rich Lafferty]

On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 01:00:59PM -0600, Terry Davis (tdavis@birddog.com) wrote:
>
> rule of thumb:
> Only one person should know and use root.  

I'm sure that's a general rule of thumb if you have a single
machine. It's about as far away from standard practice as you can get
in the enterprise, though -- just like you wouldn't have a company
with only one person with signing authority, or a company with only
one person with access to the boiler room. On the other hand, if you
have a professional system administrator who you can't trust with the
root password, I find termination of employment considerably more
productive than sudo. It's a social problem requiring a social
solution, not a technical one.

But this is all off-topic for this list. If you want to learn about
systems administration, Evi Nemeth's _UNIX System Administration
Handbook_ is a good place to start.

  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130206016

  -Rich

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