[K12OSN] root on terminals

[Martin Woolley]

On Tuesday 21 June 2005 08:30, Peter Hartmann wrote:
> This could be a really silly question. But, is logging in as root or
> su on the terminals bad.  The server has crashed when doing this
> perhaps when when I just close the xterm window instead of exiting
> root.  Wha'da ya say?

If the server crashes when you are logged in as root, it doesn't matter much 
as it has to be rebooted anyway.  If the client crashes when you are logged 
in as root, you *should* be logged off.   We have found this to be the case 
under KDE but when we were running Gnome, if the client crashed, the users 
session would not be reaped.

You have to ask yourself the question, "Is it a good idea to be keying in the 
root password in front of your users?"  Probably not, although there are 
times when this might be unavoidable.  IMO root should be reservered for the 
console only.
-- 
Regards
Martin Woolley
ICT Support
Handsworth Grammar School
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