Password question.

[Jerry Lapham]

On Sunday 23 November 2008 5:21:07 pm Steven Vollom wrote:

>  It is my impression that passwords are basically to make a
> computer safe from hacker entry and from busy-eyes.  Since I am alone,

For the lone home user, the real purpose of a separate root account and/or 
sudo is to protect you from accidentally doing something harmful to your 
system.  Think "FORMAT:C" or "DEL *.*" in the DOS world.  Having to change 
users or run sudo with a password is a little stronger than just a "Are you 
sure?" prompt after you've hit ENTER.

	-Jerry
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