root user and any GUI

[Mike Garfias]

On Nov 28, 2006, at 10:15 AM, Darrin Chandler wrote:
>
> Yes, that works. :)
>
> Still, if the only thing I will be doing as a normal user is sudo bash
> then I might as well log on as root, right?

My general rule of thumb is use a root shell when i'm running more  
than a few commands as root.  If I just need root to move a file or  
some such, then I sudo <command> and don't get the root shell.