Also +1. Even with 20+ years of Unix experience, I value the sanity check that living outside of root and using "sudo !!" when necessary gives. The only time I will ever "sudo -s" is to enter a root only directory on the rare occasions it's needed. Kristopher Browne http://www.google.com/profiles/kris.browne On Apr 29, 2012, at 22:11, Erik Anderson <erikerik at gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 9:46 PM, Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: >> This isn't an Ubuntu thing. It's one of the things where Ubuntu is following >> current security protocols. > > +1. Couldn't have said it better. Ubuntu has made some bone-headed > moves in their history, but their decision to all but disable root was > not of them. > > Unfortunately when I was first cutting my teeth on linux > administration, I chose poorly(tm) and frequently signed into all my > servers as root. I was very fortunately to never have had a major > mishap as a result of this, but that was just pure luck. I've since > broken myself of that habit, and use "sudo su -" only when absolutely > necessary. > > When interacting with less experienced linux users (or more > experienced ones who are still using a root prompt), this is one thing > I'll try really, really hard to embed in their minds. By using a root > prompt, you expose yourself to far too many risks and lose out on > several very nice benefits that one gains by using sudo. > > -Erik > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list