Yes, the single root administrator login is one of the most serious weaknesses of Unix desendants.damNageHack wrote:Nice article why you should avoid to work as root or at least not to share the root password.
http://www.linux.com/news/technology-fe ... -passwords
The lack of audit trail tying actions perform to users makes it hard for security management. Microsoft learned from this weakness early, when Windows NT implementation included discrete administrative ID's and privileges to overcome the root security flaw. In Windows world too users should be always running from unprivileged account and an administrator level account should only be used when absolutely needed. Practice however is very different, hence you have lots of security exploits...