Adding /sbin and /usr/sbin to everyone's path in F10

max bianco maximilianbianco at gmail.com
Fri Apr 25 17:56:12 UTC 2008


On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
> max bianco wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > >  You are making a very good argument for that user to find a different
> > > distribution if you are doing things just to make him work harder.
> > >
> > >
> > You are working very hard to intentionally misunderstand where I am
> > coming from, easy is not always better.
> >
>
>  No, I understand it, but in my experience it is wrong.
>
>
>
> > I understand your arguments
> > and they are sound. Fine and good , I am merely voicing my concerns.
> > Will you address this concern?or continue to ignore it?
> >
>
>  I'm not ignoring it, I keep pointing out why it is wrong.
>
>
>
> > What about the
> > user who hoses his system with fdisk by accident?
> >
>
>  a) This is much more likely after he has been frustrated by having to track
> down the command in the first place or waste time fixing silly defaults, and
>  b) is really none of your business. If you have the root password, the
> system is supposed to do what you tell it.  If you don't want someone to be
> able to break their system with fdisk, don't give them root access. If you
> do give them the root password, or it's their machine in the first place,
> then make it easy to do things the right way instead of frustrating them so
> they are confused and angry before even starting to use the correct tools.
>
>
>
> > Will he love Fedora
> > for it?
> >
>
>  No one can blame fedora for what they type into fdisk as root themselves.
>
I see, I thought we were talking about a multi-user system, like you
find in many homes with only one computer but more than one user.

Max




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