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   The Natural Philosopher to Marc Haber   
   =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=9CWhat_a_Linux_ro   
   23 Jan 26 18:20:53   
   
   From: tnp@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 23/01/2026 17:17, Marc Haber wrote:   
   > The Natural Philosopher  wrote:   
   >> On 23/01/2026 11:32, Marc Haber wrote:   
   >>> Lawrence D´Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >>>> On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:08:31 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> One? I'm talking about opening a dozen terminals as root.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That many?? I may have a couple dozen terminal sessions open at the   
   >>>> moment, but I don’t normally feel the need for more than 2-3 root   
   >>>> ones.   
   >>>   
   >>> I didn't have a single root session open in months.   
   >>>   
   >> They didn't trust you with the password?   
   >   
   > I don't need the password, I am member of the sudo group, and I don't   
   > need a session to work, I just need to occasionally issue single   
   > commands.   
   >   
   Well that doesn't make you king Kong either.   
   Other people who do *real* admin need to issue more...   
      
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   In practice, there is.   
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