Re: Why there is no space left on root partition?
On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 11:07:05AM -0500, hendrik@topoi.pooq.com wrote:
> 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.
Just to be clear I was talking about Windows where the network etc is
normally under contract and hence the average Joe can't just go round
nilly willy changing things. Well that is IMO :-)
--
Chris.
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