[ale] Sunday 05-22-05 6PM RUN-AS-ROOT CHALLENGE

[Michael B. Trausch]

Jim Popovitch wrote:
> 
> Hasn't he already?  He says he does run as root, and has been perfectly
> safe for some time.  Everyone else says that is bad.  He and I say it
> isn't universally bad, and no one has come forth with a reason that has
> any implications that don't apply to normal users with the exceptions of
> formatting a partition or "rm -rf /".  Those are two things that Drew
> and I both believe are insignificant to the loss/risk of user data in a
> partition/directory that the user (and any process they run) has full
> and complete (including "rm -rf") capabilities.
> 

Actually, two of us *have* come forth with a reason that has
implications that apply to normal, everyday, users.  And lookie, the
whole thing was portable to other operating systems, even!

You have chosen to ignore it.  Because you have chosen to ignore it, you
state that it hasn't happened?  Ignorance is bliss, and if you and Drew
are perfectly happy, well... that says it all, doesn't it?

	- Mike

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