[ale] Running stuff as root == bad, was Re: FC13 question

[Drifter]

Keeping in mind that no >TRUE< Libertarian would ever "carry a card,"
I am probably the only member of this list who not only claims to be a 
Libertarian, but also constructed and lived in a "bunker," self-defined as 
a structure made completely of concrete, including the roof. It was a 
3,600 sq.ft. bunker, so no one felt cramped for space. :)

Only problem was the lack of an attic!

Sean



On Sunday, August 01, 2010 10:29:00 am William Fragakis wrote:
> Since I invited this flame-fest....
> 
> Let's define "bad", to borrow from my wife, is this "cross the double
> yellow line" bad or "I'm driving across the mall parking lot without my
> seatbelt" bad?
> 
> Both, violate rules of safety. One will get you killed in about 2
> minutes, the other, probably not.
> 

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> 
> Again, I get that if I'm running the system of something where if
> things go bad people lose their jobs or die, I need to be really,
> really careful and not log in as root. But let's be somewhat realistic
> on what "bad" is. <begin playful sarcasm>Otherwise, I fully expect
> that should I see you driving about town that you'll be using your
> HANS head restraint device and have environmentally safe foam peanuts
> up to your
> windows.</bps>
> 
> And, <more bps>considering how many Liberterians there are on this list
> who haven't risen to the defense of my doing something stupid being my
> own concern, I'm shocked.  ;-) </more bps>
> 
> Now, let me go get my Nomex suit before the responses come hurtling in.
> 
> regards,
> William
> 
> Message sent from my reinforced concrete bunker from an account that
> barely had enough privileges to even use the keyboard.
> 
> On Sun, 2010-08-01 at 08:22 -0400, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> > kdesu works in kde.
> > 
> > I use it from time to time.
> > 

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