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Why is it bad to run as root?
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Mar 15, 20266004 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I've often come across posts on forums or other websites where you see people joking in such a manner about running/logging in as root as if it's something awful and everyone ought to know about it. However, there isn't much that a search reveals on the matter. It maybe widely known to Linux expert…
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These users have administrative access to the system, a permission level that allows them, and applications they run, to circumvent protection mechanisms (such as file system permissions), allowing them to do everything on a system. Malicious softwa…
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