Re: su

From: Sam Owens (sam_at_sam.com)
Date: 09/30/03 

Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 12:34:01 -0500

Good responses and I appreciate knowledge when I see it. Thanks!!

Sam

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 09:29:57 -0700, Paul Lutus <nospam@nosite.zzz>
wrote:

>sam owens wrote:
>
>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Your Right. If I save it in home I'm OK. Gotta look into those issues.
>>>
>>> "Those issues" are called file permissions. Thay are there to keep you
>>> from ruining your Linux installation. The solution is to save your
>>> documents in your home directory.
>>
>>
>>
>> I looked into those issues and decided I don't want to save everything in
>> my home folder. If I create something I want to save it where I want.
>
>Very dangerous. If you save files in /tmp, the system will erase them for
>you on a regularly scheduled basis. If you save files in /dev, it will only
>be a natter of time before your system crashes totally and utterly. Same
>for /proc. These are root-access areas, not file repositories per se.
>
>> Isn't that the whole purpose?
>
>No, it isn't. The "whole purpose" must include keeping the computer from
>crashing and losing your work.
>
>> So, I need to look into permissions, I
>> suppose.
>> Unless, that isn't allowed for "my protection".
>
>This isn't about Big Brother. It it about common sense.
>
>> I'm not talking about screwing up an essential file.
>
>That won't keep you from doing it. Even seasoned professioals do not use
>root permissions for any longer than a specific maintenance task requires.

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