running as root is inherently wrong [LWN.net]

running as root is inherently wrong

Posted Jun 26, 2003 14:40 UTC (Thu) by cdmiller (guest, #2813)
In reply to: running as root is inherently wrong by ballombe
Parent article: Lindows.com - Friend or Foe?

I concur.

Widely distributing an inherently insecure and crash prone distro will not help Linux in the short or long term. Any system with an inexperienced user running as root will be insecure and crash prone.