On 2007-03-24 04:44, Alexey Eremenko wrote: > <snip> >> >> > In KDE, when I do Start->Leave I can only end session, not >> shutdown, not Don't know about this one. >> > restart In K3B, I cannot write anything, is it does NOT recognizes my >> > new DVD-RW. Add the user to group "cdrom". > <snip> >> >> > Why simple utilities, such as ifconfig and traceroute require root >> priviledges >> > ? >> > >> > Or more correctly, they *do* run under normal user, but are not >> > included on the normal user path by default. Why is that? They are in /sbin/ which is not included in an ordinary user's path. Make symlinks to them in ~/bin/, which should be in any user's path. >> >> >> Some tools, like ping, permit root do things that they don't allow >> normal >> users. > > Very funny, but I disagree with this stance, and will fill a bug. I don't know what root can do with ping that no one else can do, but I can think of very valid reasons why an ordinary user should not be able to do a lot of the things that ifconfig can do :-)
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