[OpenIndiana-discuss] Update info?

[Open Indiana]

I haven't ever understood the term "SUDO". They told me it stands for "Super
User DO", but if I searched the usergroups and usernames on the OS there was
no SUPERUSER to find anywhere. 

There is basically only 1 admin or root account that can and may control the
whole OS. The way the admin is treated inside Windows vista, XP and 2008 is
IMHO very annoying. 

I AM the ADMIN and since I AM the ADMIN I do KNOW what I am doing. Don't ask
me if I really, really, really want to do this or that. If I wasn't sure
then someone made a mistake to give me the admin rights.  

IMHO if someone needs to do something that has to be done with admin rights,
he/she should log in as admin or root and act like one.
I think a lot of security things are created to prevent the user from
thinking. It is like when I want to use my cars GPS-system, it always warns
me that the roads are not completely sure and I may not watch the screen the
whole time. I really hate that American "don't sue us" policy. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Gunderson [mailto:kgunders at teamcool.net] 
Sent: dinsdag 24 mei 2011 15:04
To: openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org
Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Update info?

On Tue, 2011-05-24 at 13:33 +0100, Alasdair Lumsden wrote:
> On 24 May 2011, at 13:10, Ken Gunderson wrote:
> > Especially when that distro is loosing respect from those who actually
> > have a clue or two due to continued track record of bugs that result in
> > very unreliable platform choice for the server room.
> 
> Inflammatory and arrogant comments like this are not constructive, nor are
they welcome.
> 
> We're trying to create a friendly, open and inclusive community here.
Attacking other distributions and the users of those distributions has the
opposite affect, and will drive people away.
> 
> Please can people be mindful of the language they use on-list and realise
that list members are ambassadors for the OS.
> 
> Keep it technical, don't get personal.

I don't want to get into a tit for tat with you here but my remarks were
not intended to come off as arrogant. To clarify, my opinion of Ubuntu
is based on technical merit as result of having used it. Until incessant
bugs drove management to pony up for significantly more costly RHEL.  I
don't think it's appropriate for this list to get into the nitty gritty
technical details.

I also base my opinion on feedback from other Linux users: seasoned
administrators I have had discussion with often express similar
experiences/frustrations regarding Ubuntu.  Those who I talk with who
like it _tend_ to be lower tech and newer to Linux types.  My use of
"those who have a clue or two" to differentiate these different users
was probably less than optimal, but hopefully doesn't invalidate the
larger point I was trying to make - that copying Ubuntu simply because
it is popular with a certain subset of users should not be considered
best practice. This latter aspect was what prompted my initial comment
on the subject.  And yes, I've already allowed that I agree with the
technical/security side of the decision on this particular issue.

And to end on a positive note, I think Debian is a very nice Linux
distro.


-- 
Ken Gunderson <kgunders at teamcool.net>


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