“It’s time to admit my guilt. 🙁 For someone who can write
an article on why you shouldn’t be root, I’m still use it too much
myself. Bit by bit, I’m finding ways to avoid it.“
“When I first had my own Linux system, I learned early that
most of the system setup tasks I need to do had to be done as root.
Isn’t it easier to log in as root and do all my work that way? It
certainly was, and for a few months, I did exactly that. The
problem was that I didn’t know how to efficiently perform tasks as
root without logging out and logging back in – ugh! Well, I’ve been
using Linux for seven years and I’ve got a few techniques that I’d
like to share.“
“Here’s the first mistake most people make; we start out running
X Windows as the root user. Suddenly everything becomes simple; one
has immediate access to all files, system administration tasks
become easy, one can install new apps, etc.”