[102059] in RedHat Linux List
Re: Re[2]: 'root'' login vs. 'standard user' login
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anthony E. Greene)
Tue Dec 1 07:43:29 1998
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 13:41:54 +0100
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From: "Anthony E. Greene" <agreene@pobox.com>
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At 21:18 1998-11-30 -0500, Lane Lester wrote:
>Brett Jones said:
>> I only su to root to do a 'make install', use rpm, and to mount the
>> occasional vfat floppy.
>
>I'm a newbie, and I've been logging on as root every time on my single
>user system. After all, I'm the "administrator" when I'm running Win
>NT. But maybe the danger is a lot greater in Linux.
You could accidently delete files that a regular user could not delete. In
Linux, they don't just go to a "Trashcan". It *really is* a bad idea to
routinely login as root.
>I'm doing quite a bit of RPMing as I play with all the available
>goodies. I also stay in X just about all the time; I guess I can su
>with xterm, but how do you "un-su"?
exit
Tony
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