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|    Carlos E.R. to Pancho    |
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|    21 Jan 26 22:04:58    |
      From: robin_listas@es.invalid              On 2026-01-21 09:58, 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              If the emergency includes that /home can not be mounted, then you can       not login as root, nor as anybody, to correct the issue.                     --       Cheers, Carlos.       ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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