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<H1>Re: xsane as root</H1>
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<STRONG>From:</STRONG> root (<A HREF="mailto:j-m.eoff@t-online.de?Subject=Re:%20xsane%20as%20root&In-Reply-To=<38B87266.514B1FB2@t-online.de>"><EM>j-m.eoff@t-online.de</EM></A>)<BR>
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<STRONG>Date:</STRONG> Sat Feb 26 2000 - 16:40:06 PST
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Oliver:
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<P>A thought on the "xsane as root" business: If you are going to try and
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restrict people's use of "root" for xsane because it is too dangerous,
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then don't you think you should try to convince everyone who writes
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software for Linux to follow the same philosophy? Think about such
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things as file managers and tell me that they aren't more dangerous than
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a (potentially) defective scanner program. If you are concerned about
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someone giving you are hard time over some lost files, then I suggest
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you consider a couple of facts: 1. every one who uses xsane at this
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stage is aware of the fact that it still in development and 2. How can
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you be held responsible the side effects of a program that you are
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giving away for free? I personally see more danger in such commands as
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rm than in xsane. I truly don't think that you can convince the whole
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Linux community to adopt your idea. Do you really want to be the odd
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one out and try to force people around to your unconventional idea? I
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am currently doing EVERYTHING on my system as root. This is for the
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simple reason that I am new to Linux and have some odd hardware in my
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system. Until (and if) all the hardware works and I know that I can use
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Linux for all my computing needs, I see no need to dive into the
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intricacies of user administration. The last thing I need at this stage
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is doubts about whether or not I really have the system priveleges I
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need. Question: How do I tell the difference between something not
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working because I haven't the right permissions and not working because
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of a driver or installation problem? Answer: As a novice, only with
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great difficulty. When I know that my hardware is running and I have no
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doubts, then I can start setting up user accounts and fighting
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permissions and priveleges. I know that running as root has its dangers
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- but please also consider that I have spent YEARS using MS-DOS based
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systems that had absolutely NO security features at all and so am used
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to being careful with the commands I give and, yes, even recovering when
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I do make a mistake. I would therefore thank you very kindly to refrain
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from any user ID shenanigans ("spielereien" f<>r Deutsch sprechende
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leute.)
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<P>Respectfully,
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<P>Joseph R. Eoff
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Enthusiastic new Linux user
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