* Billie Erin Walsh <bilwalsh@swbell.net> [02-25-07 22:11]:
Hogwash!
:^)
If I need access to something on a floppy drive why should I need to be "root" to get access?
you don't.
If I need to shut down MY computer for some reason why do I need root access?
you don't.
If I had a company and one of my employees needed something off a floppy I would hate to think they would have to wait hours for IT to get around to getting them access. It might just mean the difference in a sale or not.
I can appreciate the need for "some" of the access restrictions in unix like systems. Mostly they are used in a business situation. You don't want every jack leg in the place screwing with the company system. I am not in an office/company situation. I'm in a home computer situation. I'm the only person that ever touches this computer. There should be some "switch" somewhere that will allow for home use.
There is, but not just one. You are the administrator of *your* machine. Set it up however you want it and quit complaining. You can set sudo to run w/o a password and run anything root owns. You can open all your devices to the whole world. Security on your machine is your prerogative. It doesn't come that way because *most* situations do not warrent that much openness. Do your own thing. And the 'switch' your looking for is present. It allows power to flow to the components of your computer. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 OpenSUSE Linux http://en.opensuse.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org