On 06/11/2013 12:32 PM, Joe Zeff issued this missive:
On 06/11/2013 12:03 PM, Steven Stern wrote:
> On 06/11/2013 01:24 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>> On 06/11/2013 08:01 AM, Steven Stern wrote:
>>> When you're done with whatever you did and you get distracted then
>>> return to the computer, you'll probably forget you are logged in as
>>> root.
>>
>> That's why you either log out from root or close the terminal as soon as
>> you're done doing root stuph.
>
> Clearly, you're younger than I or less easily distracted.
>
Not the first, unless you're older than I think. I'm not just a Boomer,
I'm a very early Boomer, being born in 1949. And, as far as the second,
I've never been accused of being easily distracted.
I'm a late boomer ('57) and I'm also not easily...oooooh! Shiny!.....
(sorry...couldn't resist!)
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