Mark, et al
Not to worry. Several things. One: win4lin is not running all the time on my
computer because I don't always needs it's services. Two: Win4lin attaches
itself to my linux ports, not the raw port. Consequently, it is always behind
my firewall. If any Netraverse technical personnel dispute this, please come
forward as I am counting on this isolation.
Harry
On Friday 29 June 2001 13:22, you wrote:
> I would guess that the historical (hysterical?) reply is that you wouldn't
> only be granting yourself root access, but Bill Gates also.
>
> Are you comfortable with Windows having that sort of access to your system?
> I suppose if you were very careful about what portions of the disk it could
> see, then maybe it would be OK, but who knows what evil lurks in the hearts
> of those men in Redmond?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> I have read the documentation and understand why win4lin root operation is
> not permitted, and why in the general sense it would not be a good idea
> normally.
> My Question is: Since I operate as a user with superuser capability as the
> norm and have for 4 -5 years now, is there a command that can be given to
> start win or fwin in this mode? I am the ONLY user on my workstation so I
> am not concerned with granting permissions to others. I do however, have a
> lot of data generated over the years (mainly database and system level
> commands) which are not available to me as just a "user" without root
> access. And yes, with much effort I can make most of it available via chmod
> (which I have done
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