Re: dangerous to leave root logged in?

From: prg (rdgentry1_at_cablelynx.com)
Date: 03/28/05 

Date: 28 Mar 2005 13:13:40 -0800

hans_schulze98@yahoo.de wrote:
> Some things require periodic watching.

$ man syslogd
$ man logrotate

> Others need to run for a long time,

There is _no_ legitimate reason for anything to run _as_ root for an
extended period. Software that "requires" such is braindead,
improperly designed, or the product of amateurs, probably
all-of-the-above. Find something else. Quick!

> and the regular users need to do
> work during that time.

Normal _and_ irrelevant to running sofware as root.

Whatever problem you're trying to address, this is _not_ the solution.

So long as you persist in this line of questioning without providing
any indication of why you want to do this, I must reply, "Don't, don't,
don't," so others that stumble on these posts don't get the idea that
running as root is _ever_ justifiable. System rescue excepted ;-)

prg