> Mac > OS/X seems to have it right with running as a user with SU privileges > all the time and then popping up a "please enter your user password" > whenever a program needs to be installed. Not running as root, but > running close enough to it that you can tasks like installing software > much easier. I wish linux was a bit more like this.
I was thinking more along the lines of running everyone as a normal users in the wheel group, but having linux automatically pop up something like the excellent (IMO) kdesu every time it needs root permissions for something, with a big fat warning sign on it and the text flashing in super-ugly red (WARNING: THIS MIGHT BE A VIRUS, AND IF IT IS AND YOU ENTER THE PASSWORD NOW, YOU'RE SCREWED). As for plugins, even better: Why not make a "mozilla admin" user? Then, if someone wants to install a plugin, they give that password, and you don't have to tell all of the users on your PC the root password. That'd work great for home systems. (Sign: If Mozilla asks you for an administrator password, it is MKB838741. But don't worry, if we get virii like this they'll only screw up Mozilla). -- Tactless "If it wasn't for fog, the world would run at a really crappy framerate." This is a .signature virus! Please copy me into your .signature. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
