tom panzarella on Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:20:05 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] User Accounts


Don't log in as root. Use a normal user account. When you have to install something "su" to root ... it will save your butt some day I'm sure. Most packages that you install in general go like this:

[normaluser@host.com dir]$ ./configure
[normaluser@host.com dir]$ make
[normaluser@host.com dir]$ su
Password:
[root@host.com dir]# make install
[root@host.com dir]# exit
[normaluser@host.com dir]$

It's not all that painful.

t.

joseph Welsh wrote:

I have a general question about user accounts.
I been working with diffrent flavors of linux now for 2 years
and I been curious about this for awhile

Aside from the security issues ( which in this case don't apply.  Single
user laptop, always connected to internet through a corporate firewall ) is
it better to log on as root or should I still use my user account?

I know about the su command, but should I even bother in this case.  The
only disadvantage to logging in as root is that some programs will not
install as root ( MusicMatch JukeBox and CodeWeavers Wine)

So should I even be thinking about this, or are the some things that I'm
missing?
what are your thoughts?

Thanks

Joe Welsh






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