Subject: Re: Why not use root all the time?
From: Greg Madden (pabi@gci.net)
Date: Tue Apr 30 2002 - 09:58:48 AKDT
On Tue, 2002-04-30 at 09:12, James Zuelow wrote:
>
>
> > 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
> >
> Try this as a normal user:
>
> cd /
> rm -rf *
>
> Then try it as root.
>
> You might not intentionally issue the above commands, but unless you are
> 100% sure you never make a typo, only use root when you need to. It
> will save a lot of grief in the end.
>
> Cheers,
>
> James
Good point, while that particular command is not one you might do, a
'rm *' in the wrong directory could erase some valuable date. Maybe just
don't do wildcards.
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