🚀 go-pugleaf

On 08 Jul 1996 16:44:30 +0100, jcd@demon.net wrote:
> > awhamilt@calum.csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Drew Hamilton) wrote:
> > logging in as root. If your like me and many others I know you have a
> > linux stand alone workstation at home and you are trying to learn about
> > Unix. If this is the case then EVERYTHING you do on the box requires root
> > access!!! 
>
>Actually, I learnt about unix from an end user (non root) level. Using root
>all the time is a bad thing[tm], one of the reasons being that you will not
>know what things need what permissions when you are in a user level where
>permissions do not matter.

  I found that when I first started using Linux I was doing everything in
root as well.  It was just easier.  However, the more I use it, the less I
do in root.  I've discovered that it's much easier to much about and play
around with things when you don't have to worry about screwing something up. 
Logged in as a regular user, I know there's very little I can do to actually
trash the system, so I experiment more.



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