[102061] in RedHat Linux List
Re: 'root'' login vs. 'standard user' login
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Reed)
Tue Dec 1 07:44:32 1998
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 1998 07:47:48 -0500
From: Dave Reed <dreed@capital.edu>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <13887.981130@athens.net> (message from Lane Lester on Mon, 30
Nov 1998 21:18:33 -0500)
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> 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.
>
> 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"?
type "exit" (w/o the quotes) at the prompt.
Dave
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