Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 15:39:58 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can I rename root? Message-ID: <20020107143958.GA2968@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <20020107150745.X38258@roman.mobil.cz> References: <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> <20020107150745.X38258@roman.mobil.cz>
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On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 03:07:45PM +0100, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 14:25:50 +0100 > > From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> > > 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. > Does it ? Prove it :) End of thread. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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