I try really, really hard to do things under my account but inevitably I
have su'd to root within 3 to 5 minutes... I think it's just a problem with
me not knowing how to setup my access properly.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 7:23 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Use of Linux
>
>
> > I am interested to know, how many of you, actually use a
> non-root account to
> > get work done. Since there is so many risks of constantly
> using a root
> > account, how in the world are you supposed to get work done
> without being
> > logged in as root??
>
> I think that this depends a lot on the work that one does on
> a linux machine.
> I program (C), write reports (Abiword), create webpages
> (Quanta and vi),
> work with spreadsheets (Gnumeric), play a bit with graphics
> (Gimp), etc.
> I also write plenty of scripts, but none of them have given
> me trouble so
> far.
> Perhaps you could tell us an example that bothers you?
> Paul
>
>
