Subject: Re: Don't log in as root
To: Robert Nestor" , "Mark Andres <mark@giganet.net>
From: #hea <hea@ix.netcom.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/14/1998 08:10:44
On 2/14/98, Robert Nestor wrote:
>An alternative would be to supply a default user account like MINIX does 
>and recomend that users use it instead of root.  That way the new user 
>has a prototype of the account they should create for themselves and use 
>instead of root.

I agree.  The prototype account is useful.  Also, if possible, it would 
be nice to leave the warning message as is when the login is directly to 
root, but remove the warning when a normal user executes 'su -'.

...Harlan