Message-ID: <697141bf@news.ausics.net> From: not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) Subject: Re: "7 deprecated Linux commands you need to stop using - and what to use instead" Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc References: <10kblbd$13oio$5@dont-email.me> <10kbub4$16n2s$1@dont-email.me> <10kdjk7$1ntob$3@dont-email.me> <10kgjtj$2olv6$1@dont-email.me> <10kl5g4$9urb$1@dont-email.me> <03o14mx916.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10kp6qv$126fr$1@dont-email.me> <10kpjv2$1qg7h$2@dont-email.me> <10kq4fc$1vi98$1@dont-email.me> <10kqc02$3218d$1@news1.tnib.de> User-Agent: tin/2.6.5-20251224 ("Glenury") (Linux/2.4.31 (i586)) NNTP-Posting-Host: news.ausics.net Date: 22 Jan 2026 07:14:39 +1000 Organization: Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net Lines: 34 X-Complaints: abuse@ausics.net Path: csiph.com!news.bbs.nz!news.ausics.net!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:81439 Marc Haber wrote: > Pancho wrote: >>On 1/21/26 04:16, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> On 21/01/2026 00:32, Pancho wrote: >>>> My concern was about having a root account. >>>> >>>> AIUI, modern security advice is to not have an interactive root >>>> account, i.e. with a password. So being a good boy, I don't. Whether >>>> this strategy is practical in the real world is unclear to me. >>> >>> I always enable one. >>> >>> Sometimes when there is an emergency you need not to have to type 'sudo' >>> to edit every file... >> >>sudo bash > > sudo -i > > And that's a bad idea. > > If you delay an emergency solution significantly by five keystrokes > per action that you're too slow a typist anyway. Personally I find after three or so such actions in a row I've started typing those five keystrokes automatically and can start doing it by accident when it's not wanted. If anything, I find it easier to remember that I've briefly su'd to root, since getting out of root becomes a mental "to-do", but basically I've made the same mistake easily either way. -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#