diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index a81c74728b..0139a41adf 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -6273,7 +6273,8 @@ C:\="DOS" Why do I get the error, you are not in the correct - group to su root when I try to su to root? + group to su root when I try to su to + root? @@ -6736,7 +6737,8 @@ define(`confDELIVERY_MODE',`deferred')dnl - I have forgotten the root password! What do I do? + I have forgotten the root password! What + do I do? Do not Panic! Simply restart the system, type @@ -6747,8 +6749,8 @@ define(`confDELIVERY_MODE',`deferred')dnl mount -u / to remount your root filesystem read/write, then run mount -a to remount all the filesystems. Run passwd root to change - the root password then run &man.exit.1; to continue - booting. + the root password then run &man.exit.1; to + continue booting. @@ -6975,7 +6977,8 @@ define(`confDELIVERY_MODE',`deferred')dnl Take the ntalk service, for example (see /etc/inetd.conf). This service used to run - as userid root. Now it runs as userid tty. The tty user + as userid root. Now it runs as userid + tty. The tty user is a sandbox designed to make it more difficult for someone who has successfully hacked into the system via ntalk from being able to hack beyond that user id. @@ -7895,9 +7898,9 @@ ttyvb "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 off secure All X servers need to be run as root in order to get direct access to your video hardware. Older versions of XFree86 (<= 3.3.6) installed all bundled servers to be automatically - run as root (setuid to root). This is obviously a security - hazard because X servers are large, complicated programs. - Newer versions of XFree86 do not install the servers setuid to + run as root (setuid to root). + This is obviously a security hazard because X servers are large, complicated + programs. Newer versions of XFree86 do not install the servers setuid to root for just this reason. Obviously, running an X server as the root user is not @@ -9029,9 +9032,9 @@ Key F15 A A Menu Workplace Nop you will be prompted for the path to a shell). Some people use toor for - day-to-day root tasks with a non-standard shell, leaving - root, with a standard shell, for - single user mode or emergencies. By default you cannot log + day-to-day root tasks with a non-standard + shell, leaving root, with a standard shell, + for single user mode or emergencies. By default you cannot log in using toor as it does not have a password, so log in as root and set a password for toor if you want to use it. @@ -10447,16 +10450,17 @@ device sio7 at isa? port 0x2b8 tty flags 0x781 irq 7 vector siointr/etc/gettytab, see &man.gettytab.5;). The terminal type for this port is dialup. The port is on and is - insecure---meaning root logins on the port - are not allowed. For dialin ports like this one, use the - ttydX entry. + insecure---meaning root + logins on the port are not allowed. For dialin ports like this one, + use the ttydX + entry. It is common practice to use dialup as the terminal type. Many users set up in their .profile or .login files a prompt for the actual terminal type if the starting type is dialup. The example shows the port as - insecure. To become root on this port, you have to login as a - regular user, then &man.su.1; to become + insecure. To become root on this port, you + have to login as a regular user, then &man.su.1; to become root. If you use secure then root can login in directly.