Exactly!
Bambi
John Aldrich wrote:
>
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 1:34 AM
> > Subject: [expert] RIGHT CLICK--NEW -> Folder
> >
> >
> > >
> > > 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.
> > >
> >
> > 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!
> >
> Ok. So Mandrake "cripples" some stuff as root to discourage you from
> running as "root." They have also done so in the security levels, and
> I don' t hear anyone bitching about MS-like behavior with regards to
> functionality of some programs under the "high" and "paranoid"
> security levels.
>
> As is pointed out, there is good reason NOT to run as "root." Pretty
> much every distro out there will prevent you from telnetting into the
> box as "root" for security reasons (at least Mandrake and RedHat
> will. I *think* most other distros do as well!)
>
> I think it's a Bad Idea (tm) to cry "microsoft" anytime a linux
> distribution "cripples" something for security reasons. I don't hear
> anyone bitching about not being able to install RPMs as a user, yet
> that's *definitely* an "I know better than you" situation of a
> program being crippled.
>
> My $0.02: Shut up and stop running as "root" unless you're actively
> configuring stuff which requires "root" permissions. If you just want
> to be able to install an RPM or something, open a console window, su
> to root and run the rpm installer.
>
> Stop trying to defeat the security that's inherent in linux and run
> as a "user!"
> John
