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On 06/01, Joseph B. Welsh wrote:
> I agree, but can't I do the same thing with a su command in a terminal
> window?
Yup. I keep root logged in in a virtual terminal.. always the same one. I
do all my root stuff from there. Provides me better seperation.
> I have been running as root for 2 years and never have I typed a command
> like that.
You will :)
> 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?
No, that was just 1 example. You are less likely to accidentally break
lots of things as a non-root user.
It's just a strong recommendation. It's your box, feel free to break it as
you see fit :)
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