Re: [PLUG] log as root or not ?

[gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net>]

On Tue, Jul 02, 2002 at 07:47:55PM -0400, Jesse P Schultz wrote:
> One should only use root when doing root stuff.  Making a habit of 
> logging in as a regular user then changing to rot is a venerable best 
> practice for admins

I think the main disconnect between what Christophe and I are
suggesting and what's being argued against it is that the second
sentence there does NOT follow logically from the first.

It is *easy* to make yourself aware that a given terminal is a root
shell (by putting the user in the prompt, by the ancient practice of
having root's prompt be a # rather than a $ or a %, by--my own
prefernce--having any xterm which contains a root shell be colored
red). Don't use that terminal unless you actually need to. (This is,
perhaps, easier with X than without, but I've done it plenty within
screen too.)

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gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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