On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 14:06, ashley thomas wrote: >Oh and please tell me you are not running the local machine as root <---- >Very bad thing to do. Use sudo instead much better idea.
i have heard this a lot of times ...how is it different ? could you pls explain it to me ? Logging in and actually running your session as root is a bad idea because a simple slip-up can be disastrous. Say you're using your GUI file manager and your mouse flakes out... you could seriously munge your FS by dragging /bin into /boot. Say you want to remove /usr/bin/Abiword, but reaching for the shift key, you hit enter.. whoops, /usr/bin is gone. Most common, I think, is something like: rm -rf /usr/share/gimp * And all of the files in the current directory are gone. sudo won't protect you from all of your mistakes, but it can help a lot if you practice typing your commands, proofreading them, CTRL+A (moves cursor to the beginning of line) and *then* type "sudo". At least you won't have fat-fingered your way to restoring from backup.
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