Re: Why there is no space left on root partition?
On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 02:18:55AM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 07:57:46AM -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> > Sven Arvidsson writes:
> > > I'm not a Windows user myself, but I hear of many Windows users who
> > > actually know that they shouldn't run as admin but are forced to do so
> > > because a lot of applications, installers and games simply will not run
> > > on an unprivileged account.
> >
> > Nothing forces them to run those applications. If they really cared about
> > security they would refuse to buy such programs and the publishers would
> > get the message.
>
> True, but quite often there is no choice. For example, at the local
> primary school there is quite a lot of educational software which comes
> under this umbrella. Although to be fair, I think it may be the way the
> security features of the admin account are setup. The average teacher is
> not aware of, or actually has time to learn about, security with regards
> to installing purchased educational software.
I'd actually appreciate it if aptitude (or other such) would distinguish
between packages whose use requires root permissions (whether by a
setuid or not) and those that don't, and ask whether this is really
intended.
-- hendrik
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