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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🇪🇺;   
      
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