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Re: executor/1.99m/linux questions





On Tue, 30 May 1995, Tim Cutts wrote:

> Of course, running as root all the time is not very advisable.  I
> almost never log onto my PC as root, ever since I did:
> 
> rm -rf .*
> 
> on root's home directory (/root).  Bye bye system...!!!  That was
> about two years ago before I'd learned much about Unix!  It would be
> much more advisable to set the directory world writeable, or give each
> user their own system folder.

	I'm just too lazy to really give myself a cool account.  I'm 
was used to DOS/Windoze, which gave me complete power anyway.

	When I get my FreeBSD setup going on the other hard drive, I'll 
probably be more careful with that one.

	Thanks for the advice!

	- Chad


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