On Thu, 14 May 2020, Jeff Newmiller wrote:
Running R as root, ever, is a completely unnecessary elevation of privileges... but that discussion is getting OT as it pertains to OS security and stability rather than R language.
Only to upgrade the core package and install/update CRAN packages. All work is done as a user. Rich ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
