On 12/24/10 21:34, Dan Langille wrote:
> On 12/24/2010 7:51 AM, Bruno Friedmann wrote:
>> On 12/24/2010 01:48 PM, Kern Sibbald wrote:
>>> On Friday 24 December 2010 12:54:00 Martin Simmons wrote:
>>>> For security reasons, only the owner can read the .gvfs directory, so the
>>>> bacula-fd gets ERR=Permission denied when it runs as root.
>>>
>>> Interesting, so root is no longer totally powerful.  Hmmm.
>>
>> Yes Kern, some people on the Gnome world has been inspirited by other 
>> "crappy OS" where God is no more God.
>> :-)
> 
> How do these people propose that such a system be backed up?
> 
> It's kind of silly, considering root can su to a given user.

Unfortunately, Gnome not only seems to be the repository for every
half-baked idea by every CS junior on the planet, it is gradually
metastasizing into every part of not just Linux, but even other OSen.
It wouldn't be the first time the ideas have been as poorly thought
through as this one.


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