On Monday 03 October 2005 05:02 pm, Craig White wrote:
What Windows does has nothing to do with Unix/Linux.
Ok, but a fair comparison is a Windows admin who logs on as 'administrator' and a Linux admin who logs on as 'root'.
While the two OS's are very different, the end result of logging on as root is very similar.
Debian (and things like Ubuntu) have it right.
I disagree entirely. So long as the user is displayed a warning indicating that its a bad idea to do so, I see nothing wrong with allowing a user to control their own system.
It's really a poor idea.
Ok, I have to ask. If I log in to machine *not connected to any network*, and I am doing admin tasks, what danger do I run that I wouldn't if I run as root from a terminal on a limited account?
The Debian distros (Ubuntu, Mepis) sudo setup is way more complicated than necessary - it offers no more protection with significantly more headaches. Nothing is as pointless as forcing a user to use sudo to run a compiler.
If I want an "admin" account and a "root" account I'll go burn my money on a mac. :-)