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Re: [opensuse] Consistency with power privileges
  • From: Bruce Marshall <bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:17:16 -0500
  • Message-id: <200702252117.16735.bmarsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Sunday 25 February 2007 20:57, M Harris wrote:
> The problem is that root on unix-like systems is
> absolutely dangerous...

To each his own.... from an old VM'r.... and CP67 before that.

If you need to be protected from yourself, then enjoy. You *do* make a good
point but some of the protections can be just as annoying as the "are you
sure you want to continue?" that windows puts up all the time.

I started out in DOS, where there was no protection.... and one learns how to
behave ones self or pay the consequences.

On a system running more than one user, yes, it is a must to protect the
system. On my own single user system? I've never had a problem.

Climb down off your soapbox.....
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