I am back with another published article.

Ideogram.ai: penguin in a server room covered in ice and snow, whole picture made out of green matrix style lines of code, cinematic

Please be kind! I am a self-taught Linux user and by no means an expert. My goal with this guide is to help newcomers to Linux have an easier and more secure start.

To all the experts out there, please be kind and do share your tips and observations. I am happy to keep updating the article to make the self-hosting world more secure.

https://nerdyarticles.com/debian-server-essentials-setup-configure-and-hardening-your-system/

  • shishlikcharif@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Hi Daniel15. Is it recommended to disable the root user for a server during installation as you suggested? Are there never any tasks which must (or should) be executed as root for server setup or maintenance? I just built my first (Debian) server, so quite new to it all. Thanks.

    • DrH0rrible@alien.topBEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      You can do almost everything with sudo. Some thing are easier when done as the root user (such as setting cron jobs that need root permissions), but it should never be a necessity.

      If you really do need root user, you can still enable root temporarily and disable it again.

      • Daniel15@alien.topBEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Anything that you absolutely must do as root can be done using sudo -i which will give you a root shell.