On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 03:51:55PM -0900, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 01:41:52PM +1300, Mark van Walraven wrote: > > If I didn't have important reason to get the system up quickly, I'd just > > work away in single-user mode. If /var/tmp is only writeable by root, > > some critical applications won't work properly. > bzzzt. thanks for playing. single-user mode has only one user > remember, and that user is root, who can write anything.
Inclusing su'ing to a user. Why should /var/tmp stop working if s/he does this? This is a trivial change, for an obvious purpose, with no drawbacks, why're you wasting your time arguing about it? Cheers, aj -- Anthony Towns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/> I don't speak for anyone save myself. GPG signed mail preferred. "Security here. Yes, maam. Yes. Groucho glasses. Yes, we're on it. C'mon, guys. Somebody gave an aardvark a nose-cut: somebody who can't deal with deconstructionist humor. Code Blue." -- Mike Hoye, see http://azure.humbug.org.au/~aj/armadillos.txt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
