[2860] in RedHat Linux List
Re: RedHat 4.0; misc ideas
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Borg)
Tue Nov 5 19:17:45 1996
Date: Tue, 05 Nov 1996 16:15:30 -0800
From: Borg <vladimip@iceonline.com>
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Christopher Horn wrote:
.......
> I think you missed the point by a long shot. Take this example, if I'm a
> user, and I go into usercfg, it should give me the ability to change my
> user information and my default shell.
To change your personal information, you should use
"chnf" command. If you don't like bash, just type
"tcsh" on your bash prompt. :) It's so easy to do it
without contro panel and if yout want to change global
system settings, such as your default shell in /etc/passwd,
why not "su" and type "control-panel"? I doubt that
spending days rewriting control panel tools to make them
do what you suggest is on a list of RH priorities, while
there are other already existing better alternatives.
Although, I admit, about running some critical program
which asks you if you can have "su" privileges to
change certain settings may be a good idea.
Regards,
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