From: Robert Moskowitz rgm@htt-consult.com
Already done that. Just chirping in again about why someone relatively sane would want to log in as root...
Because he's actually, you know, SANE and does not get an attack of the vapours and go all weak-kneed at the thought of actually doing something while logged in as root.
The fervour with which the "don't ever use root" religionists propogate their faith just pisses me off.
There are places and times for using root and there are places and times for not being root. Don't let your damn religion obscure that fact.
Geoff