Ian K wrote:
I thought of something else.
FOR ISH TAR SAKE, DONT USE THE ROOT ACCOUNT REGULARLY AFTER
INSTALLING YOUR SYSTEM!!
Very good advice, but don[t you mean "FOR $DEITY SAKE..."? ;-)
Dont even spend time making your WM (window manager)
or DE (desktpo enviornment) look pretty under root.
This sounds frivolous, but is actually good practical advice. If you then open a program from su (or sudo), such as a file manager, text editor, or whatever, the fact that it is immediately visually distinct from your user-mode program of the same type (which may also be open) is a nice extra layer of protection from yourself, as it gives you a(nother) reminder that you are operating with root privileges, so BE CAREFUL!!!
Imo, you just can't have too many reminders to be alert and pay attention to what you're doing when operating with root privileges, and logging in as root to a graphic interface basically lulls you way too much for it to be worth doing (except in an emergency, in which case you already are paying attention, one would hope).
hehe, Im done ranting now. Ian
:-D
Holly
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