Re: File manager tree.

[bob kehs ksd org]

On Mon, 31 May 1999, Marc Wilson wrote:

> No one EVER "knows enough not to mess up".  I've been using and managing
> computers for YEARS and I still make the occasional stupid mistake.

Agreed. As long as you know this, and tripple check anything that can
destroy something, and avoid root, you are ok...
But, I dont need a message telling me what I allready know everytime I
login.

> 
> So I hedge myself around with safeguards to protect the mistakes I usually
> make.
> 
> Annoying confirmations should have a disable.  This one should not.  Running
> gmc as root is an even EASIER way to destroy the filesystem than 'rm -rf /*'
> is and it has even less safeguards.
> 
> Just my two cents.

It should not be easy to disable it. A check box would not be a good idea.
But if it was in its own program that could be removed from the session,
it would be able to be removed by someone that knows enough about the
system who knows what he/she is doing and not be able to be removed by a
novice.

> 
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> Marc Wilson
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> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <bob@kehs.ksd.org>
> To: Guillermo S. Romero / unnamed / Familia Romero <famrom@idecnet.com>
> Cc: <gnome-list@gnome.org>; <recipient list not shown: ;>
> Sent: Monday, May 31, 1999 3:40 PM
> Subject: Re: File manager tree.
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 31 May 1999, Guillermo S. Romero / unnamed / Familia Romero wrote:
> >
> > > >a) TURN THAT DAMN 'RUNNING AS ROOT' ERROR MESSAGE OFF
> > >
> > > Every time somebody says that, the coders should add another window. "Do
> no
> > > run as root" -click- "I told you do not run as root" -click- "Yeah, again,
> > > do not run as root" -click-.
> > >
> > > Please, no more "remove the root warning". Read books or e-docs about why
> > > you use root to setup the machine, but not as normal user. Or try the
> > > special manual for this case: "rm -rf /*". It is a very interesting
> manual,
> > > you learn... very fast. And you never forget. ;]
> >
> > You NEED to be root for some things... Creating accounts comes to mind. If
> > you are smart, you wont "rm -rf /*". "adduser bob" and "rm -rf /*" arnt
> > verry close. Pull the message out of gmc and put it into its own program.
> > Then for the people who know what they are doing can remove the message by
> > removing it out of the session. The people who know what they are doing
> > dont see an anoying message, and the people who dont, get a nice warning
> > message. If a user knows enough to pull the message out of the session,
> > then they know enough not to mess up.
> >
> > >
> > > GSR
> > >
> > >
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