Rick Stevens <ricks(a)nerd.com> wrote:
[...]
Not really. You're never going to come up with a perfect
solution. You
can't please everyone...look at the flap regarding GDM defaulting to not
permitting GUI root logins and how ticked people are at that, and I find
that to be a rather minor annoyance. Perhaps we add a "intended
audience" option to the installer:
Novice Install: Install yum-protect-packages with reasonable lists,
block root GUI logins, disable "yum -y" and other (potentially
dangerous) automatic command line options, etc. Full "training wheels,
hockey equipment and short bus" mode. The fun part here is determining
which commands have dangerous options. I know people who shouldn't be
allowed to turn on a computer...much less use one.
Standard Install: Essentially what we have now.
Advanced Install: No restrictions (permit GUI root logins, etc.)
Every newbie will select "Advanced" ("I'm /certainly/ an /advanced/
user, I
can install Linux!")...
Wow! This idea may cause the maintainers NOTHING but headaches!
Sorry
I brought it up, guys! Don't hit me!
Won't help much. Self-clasification ends with everybody in the highest
level.
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