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> 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?
At home, I'm a single user, connected thru my personal firewall. And I
almost ALWAYS log in as a normal user, and SU when I need to.
Yeah, sometimes, it's a pain in the ass. Especially when installing new
RPMs, or to burn a CD (the new GTK that Gnome 1.4 uses does not allow SUID
programs, I'm told, so you must open a terminal, SU in as root, and start
your CD burning application). But I figure it's better to be annoyed than
sorry I screwed something up.
Screwing up badly as a normal user is usually (somewhat) easily fixed.
Screwing up badly as root, on the other hand, is not.
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