Re: root account

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On Sat, 2022-07-23 at 18:18 -0700, stan via users wrote:
> The new installs, from what I understand, do not set up a root
> account password as part of the install process.

I installed Fedora 36 not long ago, Mate spin.  There was an
opportunity to set up root while the install was going on.

I always do.  It's far more convenient for me to open a terminal and
"su -" so I can do a mass of text editing setting up servers, than sudo
each thing (*).  I don't do graphical logins as root, so I have no idea
if that still works.

I might be editing several DNS zone records, a DHCP server config,
restarting the servers, checking things worked, stopping servers, doing
tweaks, rinse lather repeat.  I'm damned if I want to be typing my
lengthy password for each instance of that.  If I was forced to sudo
every one of those, the password would end up being shortened to
something easier to type.  That's more of a security problem in my
book.
 
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