On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> > >I know what I can do as root and I take the responsibility seriously.
> > You're one person, how many work there? Are they all as good you? And
> how
> > are we supposed to know that?
>
> You know, I've been listening intently to the conversionations regarding
> this, and Paul, you just made the first comment that really hit home..
>
> Many of the conversations had here is, 'Why shouldn't I have root access?
> I can handle it, I'm not gonna do anything stupid'. That's not the point.
> Only people who *absolutely need* root access should have it.
[snip]
If I might be so bold as to change the angle of this discussion...
I;m hearing that root access is seldom if ever needed. I'm hearing talk of
production environments, engineering environments, development envronments
etc. Let's talk about "my machine". Not my workstation at work, not a machine
somebody else owns, not my wife's machine not nothing. MY PC running LINUX.
Should I use root login or sudo ? Simple question.
Hard question. Is the answer to the simple question (whatever the answer is)
what it is because it's also the answer for my employer owned workstation,
production machine etc. or the other way around ? Should I use good practice
at home because it's good practice, or should I use good practice only at work
because it only matters there ?
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