| Michael Leone on Sun, 17 Mar 2002 23:51:23 -0500 |
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On Sun, 2002-03-17 at 22:58, Fred K Ollinger wrote: > > Not my point. I know Unix users can install software. I meant that Win2K > > users can, too (without being Administrator). > > What does administrator do under win2k? I don't know about this. I'm just > curious. I don't know much about windows. Administrator = root user of Win2K > Check out sudo. With sudo, you can let a user start up anything they need > to as a regular user. It has very fine grained control. It also has great > loggin. So the above is completely incorrect. With sudo under linux, you > can start up anything you want as a regular user as long as the admin > gives you permission. Yes, Fred, I know. I'm refering to Windows 2000. Which, BTW, has a "RunAs" feature, which is similar (but not identical) to sudo. (I'm told - I've never had occasion to actually use it) > > > I suggest that a simple book on unix philosophy is read and thought about > > > for a week, while one works on the console for that week and forget all > > > about the MS mentality, > > > > Most of us admins can't do that, since we must use and support it. > > But is plug the right place to get help? I was never looking for help. I was commenting on statements made in the other thread, that stated that you had to be Administrator in Win2K to install software, which is incorrect. -- PGP Fingerprint: 0AA8 DC47 CB63 AE3F C739 6BF9 9AB4 1EF6 5AA5 BCDF PGP public key: <http://www.mike-leone.com/~turgon/turgon-public-key.gpg> The secret of flying is simple: Throw yourself at the ground and miss. Attachment:
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