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On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 16:10 +0000, tom wrote:
> Neil Winchurst wrote:
> > ...
> > I should have been clearer, it is mainly the permissions system
which
> > throws them.
> I know how to use a computer but I know nothing about security and
> permissions:=
> I know how to drive a car but I dont know how to use the brakes or
the
> steering and I've got a screensaver over that big window at the
front....
But Neil's point is good - it took me a while to work out what
permissions were and how to deal with them and I have a Ph.D. and a good
grounding in Maths and Physics and have done a bit of programming (in
the 60s and 70s), so unless a newcomer has read about permsiions or been
told about them, they won't know until they find out that they don't
have permission. It took me a while to realise that if I plugged in a
device before I booted, it would mount with root as owner.
James
PS This is my second go at replying. The first was returned. I got
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james kilty
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