also sprach Leo Spalteholz <leo@thewoodpecker.ca> [2002.08.01.0846 +0200]: > Has anyone really ever done this? Seems like a pretty dumb thing to > do.. But I guess it could happen. after giving up on CVSing my /etc, i once did `find /etc name CVS | xargs rm -r` that's a typo. yes it was stupid. it was very effective though. > >Alternatively, keep a root login on one of your > >virtual consoles, and switch to it whenever you need to do admin stuff. > > > Ah! Now there's a good idea. Now what if.. nope, cant run another > copy of X in a differnet virtual console. Damn. :) of course you can: startx -- :1 > >Incidentally, it is more dangerous running as root on Unix than on > >Windows. With the Unix root user, anything goes. There is nothing it > >can't delete/ruin/whatever. On the more multi-user flavours of Windows, > >even the Adminstrator user can't do certain things. > > > Really? I didn't know that. Now that I think of it I guess thats > true.. I can't kill system processes in WinXP even as admin.. WinXP is not an operating system, and it's absolutely not multi-user. > So my problem remains... Maybe I should just change my root password > to something a bit shorter... 12 letters takes too long to type 50 > times a day.. use sudo! -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck only through hard work and perseverance can one truly suffer.
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