On 04/26/2018 12:54 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 04/26/2018 12:14 PM, stan wrote: >> On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 11:05:28 -0700 >> Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> I think the majority opinion now is that logging in as the root user >>> is discouraged. In almost all cases sudo is sufficient and if you >>> need to do root things for a while, just use "sudo -i". For remote >>> access as root, use keys. >> >> I guess I hold the minority opinion, but that's OK. Linux is all about >> choice, and the more the better. > > I'm curious what you find you need to use a root login for. I used to > use that all the time, but gradually I switched over and on my desktop > system, it is extremely rare that I use it. (I think only when the > graphical display is messed up and I have to switch to a console to fix > it.) The places I do use a root login are for remote admin, either > servers or remote laptops and computer that I administer. And in almost > all cases, the root account is accessed using ssh with keys, no passwords. You need to be root to install software (e.g. dnf), start processes that use network ports <= 1024, manage disks, mount remote filesystems and many, many other things an active sysadmin has to do. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 22643734 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - If this is the first day of the rest of my life... - - I'm in BIG trouble! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
