From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 21/01/2026 21:04, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
   >   
   I thought root could log in OK - homedir is /root IIRC.   
      
   Is in my setup anyway.   
      
      
      
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