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 use= r=20 account is in the wheel group, you can run anything that requires root=20 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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