On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 01:49, Julien Olivier wrote: > Hmm why not prompt for the other user's login/pass ? Or ask the user to > enter the login himself (with root as a default). I too though about this but then dismissed it... two non-administrator users trying to copy one file to another is a much rarer circumstance, and there exist many other means for one user to transfer to another user... however, if one of those users has the root password, the system need not complicate itself with having to change to *any* user... root can do anything... and any time you want to override protective constraints such as in this case, root is the user you want to be able to do it... my $0.02 anyways... -jag -- --------------------------------------------------------- Joshua Adam Ginsberg Cellphone: 970.749.8530 Rice University '02 Email: joshg myrealbox com St. Mark's School of Texas '98 -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin ---------------------------------------------------------
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