On 10/13/2011 10:13 AM, Roy wrote:
You use the root account for everything? This is highly inadvisable.
You should use your user account for everything and only use root
as needed. Using root for everything is asking for trouble. Viruses
are the least of your problems.
Let me count the ways you can mess up your computer. Also a malicious
person could use a script, install a key logger and steal your identity.
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I use Puppy Linux as my primary operating system. Puppy is root by
default. I could make it a multi-user system, but it would be too much
trouble.
I do have a pretty good firewall, I view all server, system, and error
logs daily, and keep system monitoring programs running most of the
time, so I'm not too worried.
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