On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 15:57, Bill Mullen wrote: > On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > > > Bill Mullen wrote: > > > > >The question remains, "Why would anyone want to login to a full X > > >session as root?" ... > > > > Because they want the convenience of full access to all files as with a > > console prompt running as root without the need to know how to use the > > command line. > > And su-ing to root in a terminal, and then running konqueror or nautilus > or drakconf (or whatever) fails to provide this how, pray tell? > > Many people want many things which are not good for them in any way; I > want no part of making those sorts of wishes any easier to satisfy.
Bill said the same thing and look what we got .... winders. No it's like with my little guy. Sometimes I have to let him fall down.. so that he can learn to get up on his own again. If the user knows root. They can do the same damage no matter how they get to it. period. Tell them "If you do this you can hose your box." and walk away. If you don't want to help them in the first place... don't offer. In for a penny in for a pound. Just don't ever tell me what I can or cannot do with my computer. Rules I remember. 1. If I offer to help and you say yes .... I don't get to complain about helping you. 2. Stupidity in users is a 1 to 1 relationship with how far to the edge of my knowledge they push me. 3. The person you are helping isn't that stupid... they got you to do it for free didn't they. 4. Don't do it for them, tell them how to do it themselves, then when they break it, show them how to get out of it. They will never ask you again to do something like this because they will either know how, or be so lazy they don't want to go through doing it themselves again. 5. Whenever you idiot proof something the number one idiot you expose is usually yourself. 6. If that idiot was so stupid he/she wouldn't have gotten around your magnificent idiot proofing in the first place. 7. Never argue with a man carrying dynamite and a lit cigarette ... All the no smoking signs in the world won't stop him from blowing himself up. Run instead, and hope he doesn't follow. james
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