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From: jay@earth.usa.net (Jay Huldeen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: help a beginner unix enthusiaste???
Date: 22 Apr 1996 19:38:58 GMT
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Bill Cox (bill@qstools.com) wrote:
: MAGE (hindoian@nntp.acad.humberc.on.ca) wrote:
: :   I am interested in the maze of directories in my unix system at school.
: : I was curious to know if their is a way to overide the read/write
: : permissions set by the root. If you have any suggestions write me at
: : yu146367@yorku.ca

: It's good that you ask this before trying to break the
: permissions system..

: The short answer is "no" - the permissions are there
: to protect resources that the system needs (and those
: of other users) from you.  

: The system administrator who logs in as 'root' *can*
: change them, with knowledge and care, but you ...
: are probably not yet up to it.

: System administrators (and I'm only slightly one) are
: people of very broad experience, and enormous patience,
: and most sysadmins will never log in as 'root' for very
: long; the power in so doing is dangerous!

: System administrators are also the focus of complaints
: from any and all users who have a problem.  It's a courtesy
: to avoid causing them trouble.

: -- 
: Bill Cox                            Software Janitor



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Jay Huldeen
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