On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, Siddharth Dalal wrote:
>YEs they are for root, and I haven't tried other than as root but if someone
>wants me to I'll try.
>
>->I have tried untaring on a fat partition and had no problems..
root has no problems untarring to any partion (or doing anything, for that
matter). You will get errors if you try doing it as non root user.
And as Pitr famously said, God, root, What is difference?
Heres a reply I had sent to the LIH list on why one should not work as
root. :)
Back up your data, login as root and type this
# cd /;rm -rf *
This will tell you why you should not login as root ;).
[I have heard that this was a recommendation on some old slackware install
guide]
As root, you can do anything, manipulate hardware, data files, delete any
binaries (just like on windows)
Working as root negates the restrictions imposed by the Unix security model. To
draw a simple analogy, you are always logged in as root under Windows. Absolute
power is dangerous, and deletions are permanent. No undelete is available on
Linux. The damage caused by a silly mistake/irresponsible command can be
enormous. If you didn't get my last statement, just follow the steps given
in my first statement.
Experience is the best teacher ;).
Devdas Bhagat
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