The only time I've used root was to set up new users on our project's remote server, and then I gave nostr:npub1ecdlntvjzexlyfale2egzvvncc8tgqsaxkl5hw7xlgjv2cxs705s9qs735 root access and backed away, slowly.
Nobody died. 🤣
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Yes that's a case for root.
Now it's relax on sudo time. Better still a live usb for surfing. Vm also