Ask HN: How many local logins do you have on your computer?
2•bahmboo•1h ago
Way back when computers were a scarce resource and we had to share them. Multiple local user accounts were used for this purpose. Now I find that I never have multiple local logins (the username and password you use to access your physical hardware) except for my personal login and sometimes and admin login. Curious what others do and in what context. It makes tons of sense for a dedicated device in a work context. At home do you have a different account for say your kid? Bonus points: multiple users on a phone or tablet. I had to do that one time on Android it was interesting.
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JohnFen•1h ago
It depends on the computer. Some of them have multiple local accounts because they're used by multiple people. Most of them have an account for me and for root. In most of those, actually logging in as root is disabled, though.
bahmboo•1h ago
What's the context? I'm assuming this is in a workplace? IT or non IT?
JohnFen•1h ago
These are my personal systems on my home network. I have a strict policy that logins aren't shared, so everyone gets their own.
WCSTombs•1h ago
On my own computers I typically have the two logins you mentioned, the user and the root account, since there's only one of me and only I use the computers. On the computer I recently had for work there were many accounts, since the sysadmins sometimes needed to SSH in. I also selectively added accounts for some of my coworkers as needed.
If I lived with any family, making non-sudoer accounts for them on at least some of the machines would seem like a pretty normal thing.
HardwareLust•56m ago
Two, user and root, but I live alone and don't have to share with anyone.
JohnFen•1h ago
bahmboo•1h ago
JohnFen•1h ago