Re: [PLUG] User Accounts

["Joseph B. Welsh" <JWelsh@ConsecoDirect.com>]

Darxus@chaosreigns.com wrote:

> You should only log in as root when necessary.  Everything you can do as a
> non-root user, you should do as a non-root user.  You can't accidentally rm
> -rf / as a non-root user.  This is a good thing.
I agree, but can't I do the same thing with a su command in a terminal 
window?

I have been running as root for 2 years and never have I typed a command 
like that.  I gather from what everyone is saying that as non root user, 
If I do become careless, I have less chance of deleting something I want 
to keep.  But is that the only advantage to being non root on the system 
I described?

Joe

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