I have read that running Ubuntu apps as root is dangerous. Why? Is it still dangerous on a personal non-networked computer? In particular, why shouldn't I run the file manager as root administrator?
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It's only dangerous because you can delete important files accidentally. On servers and such, giving root a password can make the computer vulnerable to attack, since the all-powerful root is accessible to use to delete files. The only reason logging in as root or using programs as root that I can think of is the possibility of accidentally deleting something that you didn't want deleted or modified.
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