i hate to seem naive, but why am i asking for trouble when running as root? security? i already covered that. save me from myself? i think of it as part of the computer experience. if i f**k up my system, i just learned something (and i back up, so this isn't a problem to me. it's just time.)
-----Original Message----- From: Seth Cohn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 11:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [EUG-LUG:3379] Re: questions about user accounts --- Justin Bengtson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > is there any way to remove all the user > accounts (including root) and simply > run the system as a single user? can i do away > with the whole login thing? You mean you want to remove the whole Unix account thing? good luck... that's a tall order. If you log in as root, you WILL get a number of things complaining that you shouldn't run them as root. Yes, you CAN avoid the whole login thing, (Mandrake does), but if you try to run as root all the time, you are asking for trouble. Why not just leave a root logged in window open, assign NO root password, etc? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com
