* Billie Erin Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [02-25-07 22:11]: > Hogwash!
:^) > If I need access to something on a floppy drive why should I need to be > "root" to get access? you don't. > If I need to shut down MY computer for some reason why do I need root > access? you don't. > If I had a company and one of my employees needed something off a floppy > I would hate to think they would have to wait hours for IT to get around > to getting them access. It might just mean the difference in a sale or not. > > I can appreciate the need for "some" of the access restrictions in unix > like systems. Mostly they are used in a business situation. You don't > want every jack leg in the place screwing with the company system. I am > not in an office/company situation. I'm in a home computer situation. > I'm the only person that ever touches this computer. There should be > some "switch" somewhere that will allow for home use. There is, but not just one. You are the administrator of *your* machine. Set it up however you want it and quit complaining. You can set sudo to run w/o a password and run anything root owns. You can open all your devices to the whole world. Security on your machine is your prerogative. It doesn't come that way because *most* situations do not warrent that much openness. Do your own thing. And the 'switch' your looking for is present. It allows power to flow to the components of your computer. -- Patrick Shanahan Registered Linux User #207535 http://wahoo.no-ip.org @ http://counter.li.org HOG # US1244711 Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 OpenSUSE Linux http://en.opensuse.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
