On do, 2001-09-20 at 04:28, Fabrice FACORAT wrote:
> Le Jeudi 20 Septembre 2001 04:21, Sergio P.Korlowsky a �crit :
> > Well... if it goes to votes, I vote to leave it as it is now, and I haven't
> > seen it yet....
>
> so do I, but I'm going to test RC 1 so I will see it maybe.
>
> > it is true, you a see lot of people logged in as root, unreal!
>
> unreal is the word.
>
> > So the red background is a good idea.
> >
> > How many people didn't see the warning and the instructions on NOT using
> > the software manager to update the kernel..? and they did!
> > they didn't READ the info.
>
> indeed. Pixel had to remove kernel from the possible update packages !
>
> > Why would anyone want to log in as root, if you can do the same things
> > as user and then 'su' (Super User)
>
> su = switch user
> "su -" or "su - root" for root
> "su - user" to log as a user
>
>
>
superuser aka root
"su" for superuser
with su you don't become an other user. You mainly change uid and gid.
Almost nothing else
