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On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 22:28 -0500, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
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On Tue, 2009-01-20 at 22:01 -0500, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 08:29:33AM +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> > You can at run level 3. You can even start X after that.
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> You're assuming all users of a system are technical. That is not the case.
How would a non-technical user know to log in as root?
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I knew about the root user in *nix long before I knew about run levels and how to start X manually. It's like the Administrator account in Windows (at least, that's how most non-techies would understand it). Besides, some references online will frequently mention logging-in as root, even if it's not the most advisable. So there are many vectors through which someone can know about logging in as root without having the strongest technical background.<BR>
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