Subject: Re: Why not use root all the time?
From: James McMorris (buddha@gci.net)
Date: Tue Apr 30 2002 - 09:15:03 AKDT
I'm in the same exact circumstances and use root all the time too. The
only other user on my machine is for mail purposes.
----- Original Message -----
From: Neil Moomey <neilmoomey@gci.net>
Date: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 9:05 am
Subject: Why not use root all the time?
>
> I'm setting up Redhat 7.2 and I keep on reading about how it's
> unsafe
> to use root all the time. This makes no sense to me. I am the
> only
> person that uses my computer and a great deal of my time is spent
> installing and configuring my box. Why would I want to ever limit
> what
> I can do? Promoting myself to su doesn't make me any smarter.
> Are
> there any security concerns I am unaware of? Is there anyone out
> there
> that uses root all the time or am I just living on the edge? Thanks.
>
> root
>
>
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