On Fri, 24 May 2013 17:28:38 +0200
Juerg Haefliger <juergh(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I agree with Matt. Security wise it doesn't make a lot of sense. But
it protects the casual user from shooting himself in the foot. What's
the downside?
As yet I've not met a sysadmin whose abilities I respect who wasn't
immediately annoyed by it. Who didn't think "How cute, please get away
from me".
Sorry for the contempt - it is not for you - it is for those folks who
thinks this SOLVES something .
Matt,
I take issue with your lawn mower analogy. When the person using the
mower does, invariably, have to take the blade cover off they almost
always end up hurting themselves b/c they are not prepared for it
being sharp and dangerous.
I don't think we're helping them by putting padding around it - it
just means they are more dangerous when they have to take the padding
off and they ALWAYS do.
However, I'm not going to be a pain about this - I've had my say and
I'll step away from it. I will say that if we're going to choose names
for the user account then I'd call it 'pebkac'
-sv