[NTLUG:Discuss] Three unrelated questions

[Leroy Tennison]

Greg Edwards wrote:

> Leroy Tennison wrote:
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>> Getting failures sending to the mailing list (just saw Chris' 
>> message) so I'm going to try an "all or nothing" approach.
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>> 1) What makes the user 'root' special?  Is it because the kernel treates 
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>> 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 
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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I don't know where i saw LinNeighborhood recently but now that you 
mention it I'll have to do some more investigating.  Thanks.