[ale] Linux Distributions

Jerry Yu jjj863 at gmail.com
Tue May 17 14:28:44 EDT 2005


it is all about risk management and balance. If one weights the convenience 
of running as root higher than the inherent risk of destroying the whole 
systems (and, on a hobby system, don't care about down-time, bad publicity, 
and recovery), go at it.

sorta like, common wisdom has it that 'DUI is bad'. Then again, there's 
always someone insists that he/she can simply love the thrill of DUI. With 
enough luck, he/she still has breath left to brag about it.


On 5/17/05, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> But do you think it sane to connect to a volatile P2P network as root
> with an untrusted application? Clearly the developers of the
> application think otherwise.
> 
> On 5/17/05, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 12:18 -0400, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> > >
> > > I CAN run my motorcycle ....
> >
> > Yes, but are you running it as root? :-)
> >
> > I agree w/ CL, yes, you can can run a properly configured desktop as
> > root/Administrator without fear. No, you should not run server
> > processes as root.
> >
> > -Jim P.
> 
> --
> James Sumners
> http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/
> 
> "All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts
> pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it
> is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become
> drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."
> 
> Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)
> CH:D 59
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