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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
>
Try sudo. It works more-or-less like su -c, except that it remembers
you for 5 minutes (or whatever), so you need to type a password less
frequently. Of course, it is also less secure - anyone who knows your
normal password can also get root on your box (sudo su, as a trivial
example). You can prevent this by only allowing sudo to be used with
certain programs, but this is less of a win.
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