From: a_eder_muc@web.de   
      
   On Mi 21 Jan 2026 at 22:04, 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.   
      
   Root's home directory is usually not under /home but on the root device   
   as /root. So as long as you can boot, you can log in as root.   
      
   'Andreas   
      
   --   
   ceterum censeo redmondinem esse delendam   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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