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|    The Natural Philosopher to Pancho    |
|    =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=9C7_deprecated_Li    |
|    21 Jan 26 04:16:34    |
      From: tnp@invalid.invalid              On 21/01/2026 00:32, Pancho wrote:       > My concern was about having a root account.       >       > AIUI, modern security advice is to not have an interactive root account,       > i.e. with a password. So being a good boy, I don't. Whether this       > strategy is practical in the real world is unclear to me.              I always enable one.              Sometimes when there is an emergency you need not to have to type 'sudo'       to edit every file...       --       The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all       private property.              Karl Marx              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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