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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)

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