Tim wrote: > On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 04:11 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > >> Not exactly a login, but sometimes necessary. Booting in single >> user mode. It's effectively logged in as root, and sometimes >> necessary for some system maintenance. > > Well, it is a login... I should have been more explicit and talked > about not doing graphical logins as root. But you can still cause the > same problems when logged in as root in a command line interface. It doesn't run the "login" program, so it's not a login in that sense. It has the same effect, and one can grandly screw things up as root. I rarely log in as root, perhaps a few times a year for some maintenance. Normally, I use "su -". Occasionally I use "sudo". Neither of those do I more than a few times a week. The less priviledge I have, the better I like it. I don't much use GUI, I use command line in an xterm window. Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} Oppose globalization and One World Governments like the UN. This message made from 100% recycled bits. You have found the bank of Larn. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines