Sometime Today, SM cobbled together some glyphs to say:
Some people who are comfortable using root as a user might want to do
you should try and change their comfort so that they become
uncomfortable using root.
what I suggested. I like it because you cannot use the autocomplete
feature of the shell with sudo. And for god sake, how many times will
with very good reason. when you use sudo, you're supposed to use your
brain, not autocomplete. if you cannot use your brain, then you have no
business using a device as complex as a computer.
And I know you shouldn't login to X as root. But if someone badly
wants it and is ready to take a risk, they should know that they can!
It might help people who work on RH and FC based servers which give
several GUI tools which require root password.
some of those tools are badly configured, some really do require root
access. in most cases, they can be configured to allow users in the
wheel group through provided they enter their own password. look at pam
for more details.
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