--- On Fri, 12/5/08, homburg@xxxxxxxxxx <homburg@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: homburg@xxxxxxxxxx <homburg@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: root in FC 10 > To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 4:56 PM > On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:25:15 -0500 > Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Already done that. Just chirping in again about why > > someone relatively sane would want to log in as > root... > > > I'm sure that I will get blasted for writing this but > this > is an issue that seems overdone. Whatever self-inflicted > damage I can do as root I can do with su. > > There are many reasons that I like to boot into a new > install as root to L5. There are quite a few things > that need to be done as root. Sure, I can do all of these > tasks from a terminal command line in L5. However, it is > more time consuming and sometimes arcane (trying to find > the correct executable). > > I don't think that best practices preclude logging in > as > root. In contrast, I think that the idea is to use an > alternate user as your regular log-in, using root only as > required. Again, I am unable to appreciate a great deal of > difference between logging in as root and using su > providing that you are only logging in as root to do system > configuration and maintenance. > -- > "Neither Lifestyle nor Agenda" > http://www.tips-Q.com > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines nothing wrong with your reasoning except that you can't constrain everybody to accept *your* logic such is the stuff of religious wars live and let live -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
