su Usage

[shane c branch]

WipeOut wrote:

> Can somone point me to a good doc on using "su"..
> 
> I have always just logged in a root because security was not really an 
> issue, but now I need to operate in a more secure fashion as far as user 
> account controls are concerned so the starting point I feel is to not 
> allow root to login directly with ssh..
> 
> This means I have to get to grips with the ins and outs of "su" but the 
> man page is a little shy.. anyone got any useful info?
> 
> Thanks..
> 
Two suggestons:
1) if you decide to use 'su' alias the command to su - which forces a 
true login

2) you might also want to look at sudo, which allows you more options to 
configure who can and can't be superuser, and what those you allow as 
superuser can do.

-- 
regards,

shane