Michael Polak wrote:
>
> Which is reason why Linux is still so hard to understand for some users
> ;-) But KDE tried to change this, and GNOME had to follow, and it even
> brought some new interesting concepts: where you have to log-in to KDE
> as superusers, you can do the same in GNOME even when logged as normal
> user; you are just prompted for superuser's password. This is very good.
KDE2 does the same thing.
>
> I don't think superuser should log into the system at all; it should be
> really just last rescue option. Users should log to their secure,
> non-priveleged accounts all the time, and run setup tools, which prompt
> them for root password only if you want to save changes.
A single priviledged root account draws a sharper line between user
and system tasks. For common tasks sudo is the solution.
> 2) currently all working user-friendly PPP setup tools known are X,
> or even KDE/GNOME based, which is not good for users of older and
> slower PCs
take a look at pppconfig, it comes with Debian and never failed me.
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