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From: Nick Naym on 9 Apr 2010 00:42
In article barmar-DE9A6A.22015608042010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi,
Barry Margolin at barmar(a)alum.mit.edu wrote on 4/8/10 10:01 PM:

> In article <C7E3DE4E.58569%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>,
> Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>> In article jollyroger-B4F497.15370608042010(a)news.individual.net, Jolly Roger
>> at jollyroger(a)pobox.com wrote on 4/8/10 4:37 PM:
>>
>> ...
>> ...
>>
>>> it's always a good idea to run
>>> with as few escalated privileges as possible, because (a) it reduces the
>>> *chances* of privilege escalation accidents, and (b) it reduces the
>>> *impact* of privilege escalation accidents that do occur.
>>
>> Like accidentally wiping out one's entire desktop via a Terminal command
>> intended to delete .DS_Store files? <ROTFLMAO!> ;P
>
> You don't need administrator privileges to do that. Ordinary users have
> full access to their own Desktop folder.

I know, Barry. :)

> Or am I misunderstanding what
> you're referring to?

No, you got it right. I was taking a few "literary liberties." ;)

> Jolly Rogers's reply suggested there's a back
> story to this.

Indeed there is. (Right, JR? ;P )

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From: Nick Naym on 9 Apr 2010 00:44
In article hpm1cd$u6d$1(a)news.eternal-september.org, Wes Groleau at
Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org wrote on 4/8/10 9:54 PM:

> On 04-08-2010 21:22, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> Nick Naym<nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
>>> Like accidentally wiping out one's entire desktop via a Terminal command
>>> intended to delete .DS_Store files?<ROTFLMAO!> ;P
>>
>> LOL - you just had to go there, Nick!! : D
>
> I once asked our project librarians to delete an obsolete subdir of a
> project, and was soundly chewed out by their boss.
>
> "You do not ask my people to write scripts. They are not programmers.
> YOU write the script, and they run it."
>
> So I wrote the script. With one missing directory level
> in the critical place. Good thing we have backups.


Deja vu!


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From: Nick Naym on 9 Apr 2010 00:45
In article jollyroger-F4AADB.22175308042010(a)news.individual.net, Jolly Roger
at jollyroger(a)pobox.com wrote on 4/8/10 11:17 PM:

> In article <hpm1cd$u6d$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>,
> Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote:
>
>> On 04-08-2010 21:22, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>> Nick Naym<nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>> Like accidentally wiping out one's entire desktop via a Terminal command
>>>> intended to delete .DS_Store files?<ROTFLMAO!> ;P
>>>
>>> LOL - you just had to go there, Nick!! : D
>>
>> I once asked our project librarians to delete an obsolete subdir of a
>> project, and was soundly chewed out by their boss.
>>
>> "You do not ask my people to write scripts. They are not programmers.
>> YOU write the script, and they run it."
>>
>> So I wrote the script. With one missing directory level
>> in the critical place. Good thing we have backups.
>
> Ouch!


Deja vu all over again!!

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From: Paul Sture on 10 Apr 2010 06:05
In article <826mduFsplU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
Jeffrey Goldberg <nobody(a)goldmark.org> wrote:

> No you will not need to create a special account. You may, however,
> want to keep her running as a regular user but give her the password to
> an admin account when she needs to install things. This is how I am set
> up. I run as an ordinary user, but when I run an installer or want to
> move something into /Applications I am prompted for an admin username
> and password.

I'll second that approach. It's what I use myself.

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