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Of course he knows. Read his original rant, as babarock suggested: https://plus.google.com/u/0/102150693225130002912/posts/1vyfmNCYpi5 https://plus.google.com
by klausa 15y ago
Of course he knows.
Read his original rant, as babarock suggested:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/102150693225130002912/posts/1vyfmNCYpi5 https://plus.google.com/u/0/102150693225130002912/posts/1vyf...
- zokier 15y agoI read the rant (again) and imho it seems like sudo could very well be used as a solution to his problems ("need to have the root password to access some wireless network, or to be able to print out a paper, or to change the date-and-time settings"). From my point of view it seems like the real issue is bad default configuration for sudo (or an alternative system).
- mvip 15y agoThe problem isn't that Linus isn't aware of sudo (of course he is), but a stupid implementation in of the printer tool in OpenSUSE.
- sciurus 15y agoAgreed. Does openSUSE use PolicyKit for CUPS like Fedora does, or does it depend on lpadmin group membership? http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/CupsPolicyKitIntegration http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/CupsPolicyKitIntegrat...