10 Nov
2008
10 Nov
'08
8:44 p.m.
On Monday 10 November 2008 20:30:13 William L. Maltby wrote:
Helped by circumstances. _Normally_, the default install has those aliases only assigned for root, due to the great risk to the system.
So it would be a natural assumption. As usual "assume" has its risks.
Well, it might have been painful at the time, dealing with this and with the damage on the box after the kernel bug at the same time, but I've learned a good deal, thanks to the patient answers to my questions. Every cloud has a silver lining :-)
Anne