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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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