Re: One-user system. Was "One user system."
On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:11:01 -0500
rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 09, 2022 06:08:16 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > I've switched to using sudo because it encourages me to use root
> > only when strictly required.
>
> That's a good idea, but I'll mention what I do -- I may have started
> before sudo existed (or, at least, before I knew about it).
>
> I use kde and keep several konsole (terminals) open, at on one, I
> open it as root and set the background to be a different color than
> the non-root konsole (a shade of yello).
>
> (Once you pick a color for the background (or any of variety of other
> user preferences), you can save those so, for example, every time I
> open a konsole as root, it gets those preferences.
>
Just an additional note if you use mc: you can change the colours of the
mc window and save the changes, but when you close mc the previous
config file will overwrite the new one. What you have to do is to save
the config, then rename it from outside mc with mc still running. Close
mc, rename the new config file back to the original name, then it will
be used next time you start mc.
A bit of a faff, which is why I don't change things often. But my
server is console-only, and I found mc to be an excellent file manager
and simple text editor for it. I also have different background colours
depending on whether it is opened with sudo or not.
Yes, it's a dangerous beast as root, but what are you doing on a server
if not admin work (carefully)?
--
Joe
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