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Value of another user...
Authored by: JohnnyMnemonic on Mar 26, '02 04:46:06PM
Where I work, we have found creating another user for troubleshooting purposes to be valuable, and this tip points that up.

It's good for splitting the problem into two halves: does the problem lie with the local files of the user, or is it more endemic to the system itself? I recommend trying it before doing other more drastic things--in fact, I keep a non-priv dummy user account on my box for just this reason, as well as testing the limits of a non-priv user vs. a priv user.

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