Every one who works with Linux has heard the phrase, “Don’t login as root user”. Some of us ask many questions as to why this is the case? Why can’t I just login as root? Why should you avoid root and create a sudo account to use for administrative tasks? Let’s explain it here to …
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Good questions you may ask yourself about the root login philosophy.
Many people have heard and seem not to argue with the word that “you shouldn’t login as root”. Many just fall in line and behave. But some have questions about this Linux world starndard. These questions, I realised, will help a newbie internalise the whole concept – before they have to internalise it through experience. …
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