On Fri, 31 May 2002 @ 10:44am (-0700), Jeremy C. Reed wrote:

JCR> On Fri, 31 May 2002, netbsd wrote:
JCR>
JCR> > u can use 'screen' located in /usr/pkgsrc/misc/screen
JCR> > its kinda useful for me
JCR>
JCR> A bugtraq posting just mentioned how a system was broken into and
JCR> then a regular user attached to an already running screen session that had
JCR> a root login.
JCR>

...that sounds like a problems somewhere between the chair and the
keyboard.  Basically it's a bad idea to leave a root shell running in a
screen session.  They should've known better.  Always use sudo.


-lava

JCR>
JCR> Anyways, I use nohup(1). (But you can't "regain control of the program
JCR> later".)
JCR>
JCR>    Jeremy C. Reed
JCR>    http://bsd.reedmedia.net/
JCR>
JCR>

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