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LennonCook · 10-29-2004, 07:30 PM

This is the problem with sharing computers. If it is in a workplace, or a family, the answer is much more clear: one admin account (the boss at the workplace, or the head of the family), everyone else is limited. However, when there is only two people, and especially when they are close friends, the situation is alot more ambiguous: does either deserve more privaledges than the other? Having one "SuperUser" account (in other words, mimicing the Linux model as closely as possible) would also not help, because who would have the password?
And possibility of solving it depends on the answers to a few questions.
1) Do you share a house with this friend?
2) Is this the only computer that either of you have?
3) Is the main harddrive NTFS or FAT32 formatted?

EDIT: typo

[ 10-29-2004, 10:37 PM: Message edited by: LennonCook ]

10-29-2004, 07:30 PM	#2
LennonCook Jack Burton Join Date: November 10, 2001 Location: Bathurst & Orange, in constant flux Age: 37 Posts: 5,452	This is the problem with sharing computers. If it is in a workplace, or a family, the answer is much more clear: one admin account (the boss at the workplace, or the head of the family), everyone else is limited. However, when there is only two people, and especially when they are close friends, the situation is alot more ambiguous: does either deserve more privaledges than the other? Having one "SuperUser" account (in other words, mimicing the Linux model as closely as possible) would also not help, because who would have the password? And possibility of solving it depends on the answers to a few questions. 1) Do you share a house with this friend? 2) Is this the only computer that either of you have? 3) Is the main harddrive NTFS or FAT32 formatted? EDIT: typo [ 10-29-2004, 10:37 PM: Message edited by: LennonCook ]