Hoyt wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 1:34 AM
> Subject: [expert] RIGHT CLICK--NEW -> Folder
>
> >
> > Are you folks who are complaining running as _root_?
> >
> > This is something not to be done, for many reasons, including the fact
> that you
> > get kicked from most IRC servers.
> >
>
> I find it arrogant that Mandrake would deliberatly cripple the functionality
> of programs in order to prohibit certain behavior that they have decided is
> inappropriate. This kind of "I know better than you" unwelcomed
> paternalistic coercion is awfully Microsoft-ish. Is this the direction
> Mandrake is heading? Yuck!
>
> Hoyt
Well, talk to the folks out on irc or try to run irc as root and see what
happens. Most servers out there will log you off with a message, and not
always a nice one.
"Don't irc as root"
was about the most polite I got.
Anyway, nothing is prevented, just made a little harder to do, so that you
remember you are in root. How do you think I stumbled across the server
behavior? I appreciate the reminder so I don't endanger myself quite so much.
Civileme
