[bjames]

just courious how many people log8n to their systems as root and don’t bother setting up a personal user account when your the only one accessing the system.  Also the system is not connected to the net.

[commodorejohn]

I avoid it as long as I can have a user account set up with su/sudo privileges, because I like to know that nothing I do as a normal user is going to risk screwing up the root account.

[BrainStorm]

I try to stick to my edumicatshun, and only use root for repetitive installs and admin tasks. My machines always end up on the net at some point, regardless of my original intent being offline. Ported Firefox 3 is just too enticing lol.

[Irinikus]

I'm currently using the root account on my Tezro, I like to be able to operate without restrictions, however I'm aware that you can easily mess up by operating the machine this way. (I've got two accounts on my machine, being the root and Flame accounts.)

Besides deleting something critical, what are the actual dangers here?

[TruHobbyist]

I use both accounts interchangeably: root if I remember the password, and a normal user account if I forgot it.

After so many years using UNIX (and alienish OSs) on a daily basis I don't remember the last time I screwed up a system being root, so I think experience makes you go for the more comfortable route.

[gijoe77]

I use different accounts, only because I have different .login's and .profile's setup for different tasks. I don't think it really matters much to be honest, but If I'm doing audio work I log into my audio account, photoshopping/gimping into my 2D account, keygenning stuff via softwindows into softwin account, if im doing some compiling/programming I log into my dev account, etc

I used to only use one master account where I was basically logged in as root most of the time, but I sort of moved away from that only because I found I was accumulating massive amounts of files under the same account and it just got overwhelming. With the multiple accounts it helps me keep track of what is where

[Trippynet]

I use different accounts, although saying that I do spend probably 2/3 of my time in a console window running as root. However, if I completely bork anything, it's nice to know there's a clean root account still available for me to use.

[uunix]

In the main all my work is through a discreet account (flame), but I have a machine I do the audio tracking on and I just use root and yes, no password.

I never have root display on my login screen though.

[kikems]

I'm use in root without password too. Today use a SGI is a hobby I'm no have critical data inside, and no need apply a paranoic security protocols for use my SGI machines. If someone want hack my SGI in remote and stolen my files, are welcome.

[bjames]

That’s where I’m at, sgi are just used as a hobby. For all my other computers running Windows, I have always had administrative privileges anyway.

The reason I started to think about this is restrictions I have run into in the past when logged into my user account and had to back out and log in as root. So I thought of just not using or removing my user account without removing the files.