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]> :)
Suresh Ramasubramanian + President, CAUCE India
Stopping Spam in India + http://india.cauce.org
Given time and plenty of paper, a philosopher can prove anything.
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