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Re: Is Linux a single-user system ? was: When/how/why to use "sudo", "su" or "su -"



Richard Owlett wrote:
> Do you have any problem with my statement: Today Linux is being used
> by an individual who is the _only_ user of a standalone system
> (e.g. laptop).

The natural person hammering on the keyboard is not the only "user".
Daemons are users too, and permissions are the pentagrams that confine
them.
-- 
John Hasler 
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA


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