[NTLUG:Discuss] Three unrelated questions

[Greg Edwards]

Leroy Tennison wrote:
> Getting failures sending to the mailing list (just saw Chris' message) 
> so I'm going to try an "all or nothing" approach.
> 
> 1) What makes the user 'root' special?  Is it because the kernel treates 


> 
> 3) Anyone know of a way using Samba client on a Linux PC to get "network 
> mappings" to remote SMB servers without having to supply the password 


The root user is given all of the keys to to asylum, so to speak.  The 
root user will meet all security requirements so you can run any program, 
delete any file, create files anywhere, and access any content on the 
system.  As root an "rm -rf" with the wrong wildcards can be a disaster.

The name root is just a name.  *nix Operating Systems use numbers not 
names to identify owners and verify permissions.  The written name is for 
users, not the OS.

There are tools that make your system look and feel like a member of 
network neighborhood, LinNeighborhood is one example.  I don't use them so 
I couldn't give a valid critique on them.

-- 
Greg Edwards
New Age Software, Inc.
Custom software for an off the rack world
http://consult.nas-inet.com