Re: dangerous to leave root logged in?

From: Unruh (unruh-spam_at_physics.ubc.ca)
Date: 03/28/05 

Date: 28 Mar 2005 20:54:52 GMT

hans_schulze98@yahoo.de writes:

>Some things require periodic watching.
>Others need to run for a long time, and the regular users need to do
>work during that
>time.

Lots of root programs run. Having root in an X session while users are
using the machine is just silly.
Cron is a program for running things periodically.
What does root need that needs to run for a long time?

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