From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 7 5:58:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mobil.cz (diana.mobil.cz [195.39.16.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 313D437B405 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 05:58:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from ester.mobil.cz (ester.mobil.cz [194.213.62.23]) by mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g07DwQ130410 for ; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 14:58:27 +0100 Received: from roman.mobil.cz ([10.2.0.89]) by ester.mobil.cz (Lotus Domino Release 5.0.7) with ESMTP id 2002010714562470:1375 ; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 14:56:24 +0100 Received: (from roman@localhost) by roman.mobil.cz (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g07E7jp75764 for FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 15:07:45 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from neuhauser@mobil.cz) X-Authentication-Warning: roman.mobil.cz: roman set sender to neuhauser@mobil.cz using -f Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 15:07:45 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can I rename root? Message-ID: <20020107150745.X38258@roman.mobil.cz> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20011229154552.B855@localhost> <20011230103317.A474@localhost> <20011231154733.A832@localhost> <20011231155709.GA8082@rhadamanth> <20020106234436.A837@localhost> <20020107045736.GC1368@raggedclown.net> <4mpu4m4rq8.u4m@localhost.localdomain> <20020107064602.GA3480@raggedclown.net> <20020107134907.B835@localhost> <20020107132550.GA1970@raggedclown.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20020107132550.GA1970@raggedclown.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i X-MIMETrack: Itemize by SMTP Server on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 01/07/2002 02:56:24 PM, Serialize by Router on ester/Mobil(Release 5.0.7 |March 21, 2001) at 01/07/2002 02:56:31 PM, Serialize complete at 01/07/2002 02:56:31 PM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 14:25:50 +0100 > From: Cliff Sarginson > To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Can I rename root? > > On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 01:49:07PM +0100, Rogier Steehouder wrote: > > On 07-01-2002 07:46 (+0100), Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > > Someone who takes it on themselves to rename root, until told otherwise > > > is not a newbie. > > > He was given lots of reasons why not. > > > > I have studied applied physics, I believe very little without proof. > > > Well, that shit cuts no ice with me. Waggling credentials proves > nothing. You chose to ignore the advice given to you by people who > have used Unix for years and years. They are the proof, in this case. > And if any of them say something clearly incorrect (as I recently did > concerning another topic) they get corrected pretty quickly. That's > the way it goes. Truth is that telling someone to do or to avoid something, not telling them why (giving an example), turns the advice into a dogma, and I don't think that's very useful. Because even if you convince them (not) to do something, they'll continue repeating it without a thought, and when the actual circumstances change, no one notices. This happens a lot with people assuming code that's long been replaced and so on. -- FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE 2:57PM up 12 days, 1:35, 14 users, load averages: 0.08, 0.06, 0.05 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message