Really ignorant newbie question :)

[RockIt]

Ok when I log in as root I am able to roam about freely and install what I need. However I get the feeling this isnt totally secure when Im roaming around in IRC and Licq. Is there a way to create a user that allows me to acces all files or is root only allowed this privelege. This is only my second day using Linux.

Thanks
Corey

[PLBlaze]

You right, it's cool being root but it's not very secure.Login as root only if you need to perform specific task that regular user cannot or use su command to become root for a while when needed.To create user account see man adduser man addgroup or man useradd and man groupadd.Hope this helps.

[rafen]

You should be able to create a 'superuser' account, but most people just create a regular user account and log in on another terminal ( alt-F2, F3, etc.) and surf from that account; it's much safer. Using root for anything other than admin is not a good idea. You may want to read up on directory and file permissions.