root in FC 10

[Fred Silsbee]

--- On Fri, 12/5/08, R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:

> From: R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org>
> Subject: Re: root in FC 10
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 4:25 PM
> From: Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>
> 
> >Already done that. Just chirping in again about why
> someone relatively
> >sane would want to log in as root...
> 
> 
> Because he's actually, you know, SANE and does not get
> an attack of the vapours and go all weak-kneed at the
> thought of actually doing something while logged in as root.
> 
> The fervour with which the "don't ever use
> root" religionists propogate their faith just pisses me
> off.
> 
> There are places and times for using root and there are
> places and times for not being root. Don't let your damn
> religion obscure that fact.
> 
> Geoff
> 
> --         Please let me know if anything I say offends
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> 
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whatever your "religion" says about logging in as root,

why are you so worried that some (e.g. me) have logged in as root for 11.5 years and had no problem.

More can be expressed via direct email!

It may not be sane for YOU to log in as root!