Tracy R Reed wrote:
Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
The fact that I need "administrative privileges" to install software
is a flaw from the start.
I'm still not convinced of this one. If you install everything in your
homedir your homedir basically becomes / and your uid basically becomes
the superuser because it can write to everything that matters to you so
in that case why not just login as root in the first place?
Who said I'm installing in my homedir?
Maybe I want to set up a separate user for each application. Maybe I
want to set up user microsoft under intense scrutiny when I install
their stuff and user openoffice with a little more leeway. Maybe I only
want this application to be for me but that application to be for everybody.
Maybe I don't want to give you permission to do anything with files
except what I specify.
Even with OS X .dmg files, applications put rabbit droppings in various
folders.
There are a couple of intertwined issues:
1) Access to shared OS resources
These are libraries, printers, networking, etc. I don't have too much
beef about these nowadays.
2) Persistent storage
These are configuration preferences, data files, etc.
This is my *big* beef. Why is *my* home directory *your* persistent
storage? Quit touching my crap. Quit scanning my crap. You shouldn't
get access to my crap without asking. Put your own crap somewhere else.
-a
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