Can I make a 'Limited' account for safer web browsing?(Like I do in Windows?)
I am a real Newbie to Puppy and to Linux in general. Can I make a 'Limited' account with a password for safer web browsing?(Like I always do in Windows?) I don't feel safe using my primary account with unlimited power to make changes to the system. I am booting from a USB flash drive into Puppy 5.2.5 on several PCs. I have extra space on the USB.
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No reason why not ... just make sure the account isn't in any extra groups like wheel and that there's nothing stupid in /etc/sudoers like:
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%users ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL |
Thank you
Thank you kbp! Solved! Ash2591
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No one should ever be logged on as a superuser for the most part. You in your daily use should be logged on as the lowest user. Your feeling about another person is misplaced. Your actions cause a bigger security hole.
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I wonder if that really works. Since Puppy is not a distribution with multi-user support you are always logged in as root. Does it really work to create a limited user and work with that on Puppy?
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Unlike puppy, almost all other distros do everything from a limited account.
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here's the latest that i'm aware of
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=69853 http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtop...=546626#546626 http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtop...=546698#546698 Quote:
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I am getting more confused!
Hi, I do appreciate all the ideas, but I am getting more confused! Like I said, I am a Puppy Newbie. Thanks, Ash
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Especially as a newbie, maybe it would be better for you to switch to a more standard Linux distro?
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OP: appologies for the misleading advice earlier, I didn't realise that Puppy went to such great lengths to operate as single user/root only. You'll probably be better off trying a different distro.
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funny, here is part of the puppy mission statement
http://puppylib.open-lib.net/puppy.html Quote:
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