Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 14:46:24 -0500 (CDT) From: "Reid Linnemann" <lreid@cs.okstate.edu> To: phk@phk.freebsd.dk, gavin.atkinson@ury.york.ac.uk Cc: "current@freebsd.org" <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can't change partition table anymore Message-ID: <20050404194624.A7197A063D@csa.cs.okstate.edu> In-Reply-To: <3080.1112634823@critter.freebsd.dk>
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On 4/4/2005, "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> wrote: >In message <1112632713.71324.52.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk>, Gavin Atkinson writes: > >>Only the most anti-gun people would say that the safety catch should >>We're not talking about curb-side child-height baskets. We're talking >>about people who should know what they are doing (they have root, after >>all), entering commands which they expect to work... > >Sorry, I disagree. > >This was true when root was Ken, Dennis and Brian. > >Today root is Tom, Dick and Harry and they need sensible padding. On Linux, I would agree. Every 16 year-old h4x0r in the northern hemisphere picks up Linux and expects it to be idiotproof. On BSD, I disagree. Frankly, I feel BSD operators are BSD operators because they _want_ the power available, not because it's the new fad OS on the block. The audience is more mature, and should be treated as asuch. Honestly, I think most BSD operators expect the power of root to be undiluted, the arguments put forth thus far should be proof enough of that. And if a BSD operator shoots their own foot off, they remember not to do "that" again without reading the manual and testing in a non-production environment first. Just my $0.02 on the matter. -Reid
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