On Fri, 9 Nov 2001 08:26, you wrote: > Yes, but what I meant with one place was to make some kind of > My Control Center, where the user could easily find everything > without searching for an hour or two.. > > >> shortcuts to different configuration applications like Gnome Control > >> Center, Print Queue, etc, etc.. > > > > ??? i d'ont understand. On the desktop ? noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo > > No, not desktop. I mean something like Mandrake Control Center but > for a user. Mandrake is very nice distribution as long as you have > the root privileges. But if you try to use Mandrake as a normal > user, it's just horrible. How to change your language, photo, > password? They are very hard to find from menu (because most of > the configuration tools need root privileges) if they can be found > at all (<Ctrl> + <Alt> + +/-). Even I don't try to find some > configuration tool from the menu, because it's much faster to > run it directly from a terminal. My Control Panel would fix this > together with Mandrake Control Center if they are both well made.
Your point is well made, from a single-user perspective. In this case, access to what are essentially (in a *nix world) administrative functions, are somewhat hidden and require root access for many. However, I feel you are missing the point somewhat, inasmuch as any *nix system is really designed for multi-user and multilayer security, integrated into a network. Sure, we could allow all and sundry the ability to change their gdm/xdm 'face' or whatnot, but in a lab full of budding hackers, or a company environment, I for one wouldn't want to be the administrator!!! Perhaps there is another way forward, without breaking the security model which (though I may occasionally curse it) I have come to value over any MS Garbage on offer - how about a sudo wizard on install? Haven't thought my way through this one yet, but it would appear to be exactly what sudo is designed for.... just a thought -- john in syd
