From: not@telling.you.invalid   
      
   Marc Haber  wrote:   
   > 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   
   >   
   > sudo -i   
   >   
   > And that's a bad idea.   
   >   
   > If you delay an emergency solution significantly by five keystrokes   
   > per action that you're too slow a typist anyway.   
      
   Personally I find after three or so such actions in a row I've   
   started typing those five keystrokes automatically and can start   
   doing it by accident when it's not wanted. If anything, I find it   
   easier to remember that I've briefly su'd to root, since getting   
   out of root becomes a mental "to-do", but basically I've made the   
   same mistake easily either way.   
      
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