On Monday 17 March 2003 09:23 am, Jean-Michel Dault wrote: > This is fine if you're used to command-line, but poor ex-Windows > sysadmins have problems with that. > > They used to login as Administrator, open Explorer to move files around, > configure all their stuff. Now they are *forced* to use command-line to > manage the system. > > This is what they do right now: > ->Terminals->Konsole (super user mode), type their root password, then > type "konqueror&" > ->Mandrake Control Center, type their root password > ->Webmin (for Samba), type their root password > ->Add a package, type their root password > Then they close the apps, and have to do that time and time again... > > And when there's two or more admins, and that one has to manage a > computer that belongs to someone else and whose root password consists > of something like "p%G45l;*", they never remember it. So they call the > other sysadmin on his cellphone, and the poor guy has to give the root > password while in the middle of a meeting, and since there's > interference, he has to yell, so everyone at the meeting knows the root > password. > > So, I ask, what is worse? This scenario, or doing the supposedly bad > thing and logging in as root? > > That's not too bad for me since I roll my own CDs and will remove > mdkkdm, but I pity the poor Todd who will have to answer phone tech > support =( > So install kdebase-kdm and remove mdkkdm when it is necessary to do so.
-- Greg
