On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 10:51:18AM -0400, Hoyt wrote:
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> From: "Civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 1:34 AM
> Subject: [expert] RIGHT CLICK--NEW -> Folder
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> >
> > Are you folks who are complaining running as _root_?
> >
> > This is something not to be done, for many reasons, including the fact
> that you
> > get kicked from most IRC servers.
> >
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> I find it arrogant that Mandrake would deliberatly cripple the functionality
> of programs in order to prohibit certain behavior that they have decided is
> inappropriate. This kind of "I know better than you" unwelcomed
> paternalistic coercion is awfully Microsoft-ish. Is this the direction
> Mandrake is heading? Yuck!
Horsepucky.
Root has all sorts of powers, and can easily shot himself in the
foot. Unix by custom and by coding has for years enforced the notion that
you do as little as possible as root -- only the necessary system
administration functions. This is why, for example, root and other users
have different paths. This isn't arrogance, it is humility. It is simply a
sensible realization that some of us make mistakes (you may not, but I
know I do) and so prefer to use Unix' built in security to limit those
mistakes. This, btw, pre-dates the founding of Mandrake.
While we're at it, Red Hat's mailing lists won't accept mail sent by
root. Are you going to accuse them of being arrogant?
Why don't you go back to NT or Windows -- you can do anything as
administrator on NT, and no-one will be surprised when you delete the
registry.
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