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<H1>Re: xsane as root</H1>
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<STRONG>From:</STRONG> Oliver Rauch (<A HREF="mailto:oliver.rauch@Wolfsburg.DE?Subject=Re:%20xsane%20as%20root&In-Reply-To=<38B5CAD1.EF796757@wolfsburg.de>"><EM>oliver.rauch@Wolfsburg.DE</EM></A>)<BR>
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<STRONG>Date:</STRONG> Thu Feb 24 2000 - 16:20:33 PST
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"John Anthony Kazos Jr." wrote:
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<P><EM>> Certainly. Because I am the only user of my system (besides my friends logging
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<EM>> in to share files or to talk), so there's really no reason to not be root.
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<EM>> Everyone who talks to me spouts the old chestnut that you can really screw up
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<EM>> your system if you're root, but no one ever tells me how. Sure, I could type
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<EM>> 'rm -rf /*' and my system would merrily go to hell, but really, if I'm stupid
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<EM>> enough to type that, why am I using Linux? It would be infuriating to have to
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<EM>> su every time I wanted to do anything interesting besides using a program.
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<EM>> If you can show me one good case where being the superuser will prevent *any*
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<EM>> disaster (major or minor) not due to stupidity, I will cease the practice
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<EM>> immediately.
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<EM>>
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<EM>> Though I won't hold my breath.
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<P>And what happens if there is a new bug in xsane, eg when deleting a fax project
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and a directory is erased that should not?
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<P>I think if you run everything as root you do not see the advantages of a unix system.
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<P>Bye
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Oliver
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Homepage: <A HREF="http://www.wolfsburg.de/~rauch">http://www.wolfsburg.de/~rauch</A>
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sane-umax: <A HREF="http://www.wolfsburg.de/~rauch/sane/sane-umax.html">http://www.wolfsburg.de/~rauch/sane/sane-umax.html</A>
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xsane: <A HREF="http://www.wolfsburg.de/~rauch/sane/sane-xsane.html">http://www.wolfsburg.de/~rauch/sane/sane-xsane.html</A>
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E-Mail: mailto:<A HREF="mailto:Oliver.Rauch@Wolfsburg.DE?Subject=Re:%20xsane%20as%20root&In-Reply-To=<38B5CAD1.EF796757@wolfsburg.de>">Oliver.Rauch@Wolfsburg.DE</A>
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<P><P><P><P>--
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Source code, list archive, and docs: <A HREF="http://www.mostang.com/sane/">http://www.mostang.com/sane/</A>
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