Gcmbust as non-root

Net Llama! netllama
Mon May 17 11:31:33 PDT 2004


On Wed, 22 May 2002, Tim Wunder wrote:
> On 5/22/2002 9:59 AM, someone claiming to be Net Llama! wrote:
> > Truth be told, i've always run it as root too.  I dont' see what the big
> > deal is.  If you're going to directly access the hardware, its prolly
> > better that root do it anyway.  Or go with sudo.
>
>
> Well, in 14 years, when your son wants to burn some CD's, are you gonna want to give him your root password so that he can do it?

No, i'll set up sudo for him.  Or have him use his own box, with his own
burner :)

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