Steffen Barszus wrote: > *** "remove/insert super-user menu items and icons" *** > > I don't think it usefull to remove all superuser icons and links rigerous on > all user accounts. A big number of users are there own admin. This would > lead ...
Steffen, when I wrote this request back in March, I never meant for the icons to be removed from all user accounts. I am afraid you misunderstand what I wrote. All recipients of this list are administrators of their home machines, that's (almost) a requirement in order to be a cooker and they need these icons. The question I posed is about the other members of the family --- or the employees at your workplace if you are an administrator for a living. >>You<< want these icons, but what about the other members of your family: + *** "remove/insert super-user menu items and icons" *** + + Do your spouses/kids ever run MCC? Do they have the root password? If not, + then why do they get the icon for the MCC on the task bar, menu items for + konsole in super-user mode, etc? When I install Mandrake, I want to be able + to check a box when I create new users that says something like: + + * Should this user account have icons and menu items for program requiring + the super-user passwords? Yes/No In short, I am saying that in a regular household, only 1-2 people should ever see these icons. The others shouldn't. For them, the icons and menu items are in their way, and they are really scary because they cause strange authentication dialogs to pop up :-) > A way both sides could be happy is to be able specify a user , who is > responsible for the system. This user could get all the configuration icons > and so on. This is similar to the question that I suggested would be asked during the installation [and of course it goes without saying that one must also be able to change this after the installation], so I guess we don't disagree at all :-) Narfi.
