On Monday 03 October 2005 05:02 pm, Craig White wrote: > What Windows does has nothing to do with Unix/Linux. Ok, but a fair comparison is a Windows admin who logs on as 'administrator' and a Linux admin who logs on as 'root'. While the two OS's are very different, the end result of logging on as root is very similar. >Debian (and things like Ubuntu) have it right. I disagree entirely. So long as the user is displayed a warning indicating that its a bad idea to do so, I see nothing wrong with allowing a user to control their own system. > It's really a poor idea. Ok, I have to ask. If I log in to machine *not connected to any network*, and I am doing admin tasks, what danger do I run that I wouldn't if I run as root from a terminal on a limited account? The Debian distros (Ubuntu, Mepis) sudo setup is way more complicated than necessary - it offers no more protection with significantly more headaches. Nothing is as pointless as forcing a user to use sudo to run a compiler. If I want an "admin" account and a "root" account I'll go burn my money on a mac. :-)