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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!qns3.qns.com!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.usa.net!earth!jay 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 Organization: Internet Express (800-592-1240 customer service) Lines: 35 Message-ID: <4lgn8i$c87@shiva.usa.net> References: <4l71uf$cou@dns.humberc.on.ca> <4l7ts2$3it@news.scruz.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: earth.usa.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] 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 -- Jay Huldeen jay@usa.net