On 07/07/2010 10:22 a.m., Alan Bourke wrote: > > On Wed, 07 Jul 2010 09:58 -0300, "Ricardo Aráoz"<[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On 07/07/2010 08:19 a.m., Stephen Russell wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 11:40 PM,<[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Don't you just love a crap OS that thinks it knows what you want to do >>>> better than you do so it does all kinds of crazy >>>> crap? >>>> >>>> >>> ----------------------------------- >>> >>> You mean that dumping everything into c:\ "root" is a good idea? >>> >>> >> How should I know? I'm not your dad. >> Nor is the OS. >> You are a grown up adult and should be able to do it should you consider >> there is a need. Anyway worse than doing it or not, the real crappy >> thing is that the OS will trick you into thinking you are doing >> something you are really not doing. That is big daddy saying he'll twist >> the news a little for your own good, because we all know big daddy knows >> better. >> > None of the Linux-based operating systems including OS X will let you > create a file in the root of a drive either, I'm pretty sure. Not > without 'root' user permissions anyway. Are you condemning them by the > same token then ? >
If I am root I can create files here. And I think I, as root , may give *any* other user permission to create files there (not sure though). And if I, as an unprivileged user, create files there the system will not allow it, instead of allowing it and tricking me into believing I have my files there while they are somewhere else. I'm not advocating silly behaviour. I'm saying the machine's owner should be allowed to shoot himself in the foot, if he so wishes. After all, no one can predict all the use cases that may arise. My machine, my data, my responsibility, so I should be allowed to decide. Of course, shooting myself in the foot should not be a click away. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
