About root or administrative account

[Derek Broughton]

Wei-Yee Chan wrote:

> There's no absolute answer as it depends on the situation.  I sent a
> post on this subject a year ago.
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject:      OS X Sudo vs. Root: The Real Story
> Date:         Thu, 23 Mar 2006 17:30:43 +0800
> From:         ?? Wei-Yee Chan <survivor at brisnet.org>
> To:   Ubuntu Help and User Discussions <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> 
> 
> http://linuxboxadmin.com/articles/sudo-vs-root.php
> 
> 
> I personally prefer to have root enabled as I used to belong to the
> Redhat camp.
> 
otoh, I administer a CentOS (based on RedHat) system, which may or may not
have root enabled - I've never checked because I just use sudo.
-- 
derek