[ale] Request for information - how linux saves $$$

[James P. Kinney III]

On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 15:42, Charles Marcus wrote:

> One other thing to remember, a standalone Linux workstation is *much* more
> of a headache to administer than a LTSP network.  Granted, Linux is much
> more stable, but I guarantee you the 'flexibility' you mentioned still won't
> be there for 99.9% of the users - because they'd have to be a Linux geek to
> be able to take advantage of it - *if* the System Admin would give them root
> access.  :)
> 
Admin rule #1: NEVER GIVE THE WORKSTATION USER ROOT PASSWORD!!!!!
Users are the biggest security threat to ANY network. Besides, I'M the
admin and it's my butt on the line if a user has problems with a
workstation. 

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