Andrew Lentvorski([EMAIL PROTECTED])@Thu, Sep 07, 2006 at 05:10:05PM -0700: > </snip> > > 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.
Maybe I'm just being obtuse, but I don't understand your big beef. Configuration preferences that I find in my $HOME are there because they are specific to me. Where else *should* they go? Data files that are in my $HOME are there because I ran an application and created output. Where else should those go? I would've thought that the shared resources are a much bigger hassle to deal with, simply because they are more able to be abused or monopolized by users or apps that were given access to those resources. Wade Curry syntaxman -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
