HI
polly, how’s it going
? I see you've been registered since last year and this is your first post
. I have to say a big welcome to the
Peppermint Forum, what took you so long
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For future reference, could you please remember to encapsulate all terminal outputs with the
Insert, Code # function. For extra long outputs, please use the
Spoiler, Sp function.
If you’re a Chromium Browser and/or a Google Chrome user, please don't combine these functions. For some reason they don’t work well together with these browsers. Only use one or the other 
. These forum functions preserve the original format of the output. This makes it easier for future visitors to relate to their own issues. These functions are found in the forum editor, above the,
Embarrassed and the
Cry emoticon respectively. Use the
Preview button to check how it'll look in the forum. This time, I've done it for you - many thanks
.
I see you're dropping down to
root user. I have to strongly recommend you don't do this,
UNLESS IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. It's a very bad and potentially dangerous habit you're developing!!
You're leaving yourself exposed to all kinds of very serious problems, ranging from user error, to malicious input from wandering hands 
.
Peppermint utilises
sudo to minimize the problems caused by dropping to
root. For example, you don't want to be using
root when making edits, or changes to the contents of your
/home folder. You'll end up giving
root ownership of your configuration files and have all kinds of problems with permissions. Using
sudo, you'll be asked if you want to continue as reminder warning to what your doing. As
root you won't receive any kind of warning or signal. It assumes you want to execute everything you enter. It's absolutely brutal
. When entering commands into the terminal, please enter them as asked, or better still,
copy & paste them. It'll minimize mistakes that can cause huge problems. Please remember, even though the volunteers here in the forum are really very competent. They're also humans and can also make mistakes. These mistakes may cause serious damage to your system, if you've dropped to
root .
