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From version 4.1
edited by Alexandru Pentilescu
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40 40  Ultimately, the argument for or against using root access is mostly a philosophical one, rather than a technical one. There is no right or wrong answer to this question. Rather, each answer brings its own advantages and disadvantages to the table. What really matters is what you're more comfortable with using in the end.
41 41  Moreover, using a sudoers user rather than root is not inherently a guarantee for system safety either and should not be taken as a leeway for running suspicious executable files from the internet either, as privilege escalation bugs have existed in the Linux kernel since its own inception.
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48 += Setting up an SMTP server =
49 +This will be required for all the future things you will be doing on the server.
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51 +Moreover, this is not an easy task and will be a little time consuming. Please consult the documentation [[here>>https://wiki.pentilescu.com/bin/view/Guides/How%20to%20setup%20a%20postfix%20SMTP%20server/]]
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43 43  = Setting up automatic updates =
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45 45  System updates are a necessity for modern day operating systems and on linux, especially, there's a constant need to run such updates regurarly to avoid the risk of running vulnerable software that can be exploited by rogue malware.
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108 108  This instructs the package to reboot the whole system, automatically, whenever an update requires it, the next time the system clock reaches this specific configured time. I set mine to reboot the system, whenever an update requires it, at 2AM. You may change the time to whichever fits your needs.
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