From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 21/01/2026 08:58, Pancho wrote:   
   > On 1/21/26 04:16, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >> 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...   
   >   
   > sudo bash   
      
   I am not sure that duplicates roots environment exactly.   
      
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   greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most   
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