On 21 Mar 00, at 14:48, thus spake Kedar Patankar:

>  Agreed, but I would like to add only one *very* important point.
> ***NEVER*** ever use the root account for normal usage. In particular,

There is one way - if somebody installs a trojan on yr box that logs 
keystrokes ...

Also, far less chance of making foulups if you don't login as root all 
the time.  There was a chap on LI some months back who kept 
posting mails as <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> :)


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