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Jerald M. Sheets jr.
Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
McKesson, Inc.
404.293.8762


On May 17, 2005, at 3:02 PM, Jim Popovitch wrote:

> On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 14:49 -0400, Jerald Sheets wrote:
>
>> There have been instances where an application install was able to
>> detect that I was not actually root and would not install.  In this
>> case I can understand.
>>
>> I won't argue the  matter either.  Lots of people with many more
>> letters behind their name say it is the BEST practice to never run as
>> root.  I, therefore, (having no letters behind my name) decide to err
>> with the best and brightest in the country and do what they say.
>> These are the people who write the software (and in some cases wrote
>> UNIX) and have instructed me to do so.
>>
>> You are certainly within your rights to ignore them.  This is not a
>> flamewar unless you make it so.
>>
>> It is not a matter of being "convinced"  it is a matter that I have
>> been educated otherwise from EXTREMELY early in my career (nearly 20
>> years ago) that this is the way it is done, and MOST security
>> personnel, education firms, UNIX companies, etc. instruct to do so.
>> I'm just not willing to assume  I know better than them.
>>
>
> I like that, and do agree with your position.  Trusting others,  
> that you
> can trust, makes good advice.  HOWEVER, globally applying one 20 year
> old guideline to ALL people makes no good sense. Others may have more
> up-to-date experience and knowledge that trumps the 20year old  
> rule. ;-)
>
> -Jim P.
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