If you really want to expose yourself by running non-administration tools
as root, then you can always just modify the source and recompile. Isn't
that what Free Software is all about? The ability to expose yourself to
security risks? :)
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Don Harrop wrote:
> I noticed that too! I hate it when some programmer decides what I can
> and can't do. Escpcially as root or administrator!
>
> On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Rooster wrote:
>
> > well here's something else that i found after installing storm. i
> > attempted to install yahoo messenger and wasn't able to. it came up
> > with a message saying that it wasn't permitted due to security
> > restrictions. well excuse me, but since when is root restricted??? i
> > may not have used linux in a couple of years, but that was a new one
> > to me.