On Tuesday 13 February 2007 08:42:56 Aniello Del Sorbo wrote:
> Zoran Kolic wrote:
> >> Why should the installer need to be root to do so?
> >
> > Looks like 770/800 is not ready for user-space apps. It is a new kind
> > of philosophy on unix field. Personaly, I don't like it much, but a
> > lot of
Levi Bard wrote:
Yes it is a rather new philosophy. Ubuntu and Mac OS X embraced it
already.
It can help. A user app cannot mess with the system UNLESS the user
enters a password.
It's different than just clicking "OK" on a warning.
Meh. I am NOT entering a password every time I install a pie
On 2/13/07, Aniello Del Sorbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Zoran Kolic wrote:
>> Why should the installer need to be root to do so?
>
> Looks like 770/800 is not ready for user-space apps. It is a new kind
> of philosophy on unix field. Personaly, I don't like it much, but a
> lot of folks have st
Yes it is a rather new philosophy. Ubuntu and Mac OS X embraced it already.
It can help. A user app cannot mess with the system UNLESS the user
enters a password.
It's different than just clicking "OK" on a warning.
Meh. I am NOT entering a password every time I install a piece of
software on a
Zoran Kolic wrote:
Why should the installer need to be root to do so?
Looks like 770/800 is not ready for user-space apps. It is a new kind
of philosophy on unix field. Personaly, I don't like it much, but a
lot of folks have stars in the eyes.
Yes it is a rather new philosophy. Ubuntu and Ma
> Why should the installer need to be root to do so?
Looks like 770/800 is not ready for user-space apps. It is a new kind
of philosophy on unix field. Personaly, I don't like it much, but a
lot of folks have stars in the eyes.
I'd rather get rid of sudo and mixture of root and user. And I deeply
