On Wednesday 20 April 2005 08:54, Matthew Miller wrote:
On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 08:46:59AM -0700, Richard Crawford wrote:
> Then Windows is the OS for you. *nix systems have ownership rules.
> There's
That is, Windows before NT/2k/XP -- the DOS-based stuff like Windows 95.
Even Microsoft knows this is a good idea.
Good point; though it's been so poorly implemented in 2K and XP that I keep
forgetting it's there. I haven't been able to get a single 2K or XP machine
working properly under a non-admin account, so I haven't even tried for a
couple of months. But I'm much happier with Linux and its ownership rules
anyway.
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Richard S. Crawford
http://www.mossroot.com