Re: dangerous to leave root logged in?

hans_schulze98_at_yahoo.de
Date: 03/29/05 

Date: 28 Mar 2005 15:10:17 -0800

> They're all trying to tell you something that ought to be obvious to
> you by now. When you're logged in as root, it's as if you're walking
> around with a lit stick of dynamite in each hand. This is not
> something that any sane person wants to do longer than he has to.

How often do I have to repeat it...

All commands run as root are those that need root perm, and are those
that *you* would use root for too.

The question is not whether to run things root or not. The question is
if you can leave them sitting logged on as root when idle.