Reply-To: In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I've always heard people discouraging root logins or "su" > and using sudo instead. I know how sudo works and how to > fine-tune system access with it, but is the above > suggestion in any way different or safer than a root > login?
If it discourages people from doing a full graphical desktop login as root, it's better. I can't think of many other advantages, other than the password caching potentially discouraging people from running things as root unnecessarily in a terminal context, too. -- Jon Dowland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
