Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
Likewise, having a root account makes great sense for
newbies, but for
more experienced users sudo is the way to go.
Funny, I was going to say exactly the opposite. I use sudo when I need
to execute one command as root, ot maybe a few, but any time I need to
do some heavy-duty administration I use "sudo bash", su, or just log in
as root.
Eric