She doesn't have to be a member of sudoers though I would rather someone
install updates, its not like leaving a Linux stock is rock solid and never
needs to be patched. Do people unfamiliar with pcs really remove packages?

Matthias Johnson

On Jul 30, 2010 3:42 PM, "Mark Wallace" <[email protected]>
wrote:

But she needs it restricted enough that she can't delete source code or
something thinking that she is deleting unneeded files.  She isn't used
to a system where you can uninstall the wrong sub routine and then have
x windows not boot.

I learned that lesson the hard way.  That is why Ubunut initially came
with root disabled.  Ubuntu now tells you how to do it but they were
thinking of less sophisticated users who were shying away from Linux
because a root password can be a dangerous thing.




On Fri, 2010-07-30 at 15:03 -0400, Matthias Johnson wrote:
> Again I feel linux mint is a better ...
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