On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 09:10, FACORAT Fabrice wrote: > Le lun 04/08/2003 � 03:15, Ken Thompson a �crit : > > I think something along this line is what I was trying to get accross.. I > > wasn't at all emotional, just pointing out that many others don't like mdkkdm > > and that I personally detest it. NO, the reason I detest it is not because I > > can't log in as root automatically, I very seldom log in as root, BUT I want > > the choice. There are times when logging in as root can make things much > > simpler than trying to remember the CLI command for a given program and > > having to Ctrl-Alt-F1, log in as root, init 3 and startx is way too much > > trouble.. Simply being able to log out of KDE and relogin as what ever user > > I choose, root or otherwise, is in my opinion a better way to use the > > flexibility of Linux.. > > use su. > > But it's a good point. I set up several workstation and /home is an NFS > share. So as during isntall I can't specify NFS share, I have to log > with the user with a local account, and the only one is ... root. Or > else I have to manually edit fstab or launch diskdrake in console ...
The lack of choice in the matter is what pisses people off. It's the whole reason why there have been other problems elsewhere, like the rpmdrake fiasco. If I want to run kdm, I don't want the system telling me I can't uninstall mdkkdm because some marketing psycho freak at Mandrake thinks mdkkdm will be good for advertising. LX -- ����������������������������������������������� Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk *Catch Star Trek Enterprise, Wednesdays on UPN* ������������������������������������������������
