Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 23:27:05 -0700 From: Brett Rogers <loki_bsd@cox.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: AZNPrideChinese@worldnet.att.net Subject: Re: another question Message-ID: <200206132327.05532.loki_bsd@cox.net> In-Reply-To: <20020614062211.CQB19182.mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net@there> References: <20020614062211.CQB19182.mtiwmhc21.worldnet.att.net@there>
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On Thursday 13 June 2002 11:21 am, you wrote: > when i download stuff from the web, is it a good idea, to download them > into /root? i mean when i am logged under root As a general rule it is not a good idea to login under root. If your user account is in the wheel group, you can run anything that requires root permisions by using su or sudo. (read the man pages) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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