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worker201:
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---the easiest way I think is to just log in as regular user and if you need root access for something open a terminal and su into root
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That's what I do. The only time I have ever logged in as root was when gdm died and the session manager wouldn't let me login as anything else.
--- Quote from: piratePenguin ---I don't think that's safer. Users would just try to login as root then.
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If having a root account somehow forces people to log in as root on a regular basis, then these people are fucktards and shouldn't be allowed to leave their padded cells.
piratePenguin:
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If having a root account somehow forces people to log in as root on a regular basis, then these people are fucktards and shouldn't be allowed to leave their padded cells.
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Ugh, that's usability 101 that users are fucktards and shouldn't be allowed to leave their padded cells ;)
It doesn't force them to login as root but some would do it, even though there's basically no reason to start a graphical session as root (certainly, some people would start graphical sessions as root more than necessary, like everytime they get a permission denied error). For non-graphical sessions there's 'sudo -s'.
What's wrong with sudo?
It's probably easier for noobs to grasp that for administrative tasks, you have to reenter your password, rather than having to enter an admin password (why isn't the user already admin?), and that's probably why they went with it.
Plus, it's as easy as 'sudo passwd' to set up a root password for those who for whatever reason want it..
worker201:
I asked Void Main about this once, and I never got a clear answer. I guess the only real difference is that one method is intuitive to the winn00bs, and the other method is more intuitive to the established Linux paradigm of the classic server and client model. As long as there is absolutely no other effect on the security of the system as a whole, I suppose you can use which every way you like.
H_TeXMeX_H:
I think the difference is you can limit the power of a sudo user. (am I right ?)
piratePenguin:
--- Quote from: H_TeXMeX_H ---I think the difference is you can limit the power of a sudo user. (am I right ?)
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Yep, sudo is kinda cool like that. But by default on Ubuntu nobody has their power limited - the default user has permission to run any command as root as long as they enter their password (you can remove the password requirement too, but then you may as well be running as root).
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