Re: Root sending messages to users
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On 06/20/08 17:09, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 2008/6/21 Paul Johnson <baloo@ursine.ca>:
>> On Fri, 2008-06-20 at 20:20 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>> Additionally, should I have a dotan account on that machine I will
>>> habitually back it up, and always worry that there are files there
>>> that I need to know about, and set up the environment just how I like,
>>> and and and... I don't need any of that.
>> Isn't it possible to have a script that mounts your home directory from
>> a remote location automatically?
>>
>
> Why would I do that? I am SSHing in from the machine with my home
> directory. In order to either put/get a file, or so sudo some
> administrative work.
>
> While I agree that every user of a machine should have his own home
> directory, I am not a user of that machine. I am an administrator
> (ha!) of that machine.
So what? Since you don't use it that often, it won't matter that
it's not customized to the Nth degree. Doing the right thing takes
just a fraction more effort than doing the right thing,
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"Kittens give Morbo gas. In lighter news, the city of New New
York is doomed."
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