Re: [gentoo-user] Block root user from login on xorg GUI

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

On Sunday 15 November 2009 07:15:43 Stroller wrote:
> On 14 Nov 2009, at 20:46, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> >> ...
> >> You are right of course, but in this particular case the guy who pays
> >> wants  to have root access.
> >
> > And you agreed to work like that?
> >
> > So when he fucks things up good royal and proper, will he gladly
> > accept his
> > shafting and pay you more to undo it? Or will he do the usual
> > customer stunt
> > and blame you?
> 
> My typical experience is that the customer will take it completely on
> the chin and pay me to fix the problems. That doesn't make foul-ups
> due to such unnecessary meddling any less frustrating, though.

My experience has been completely the opposite, same with just about everyone 
else I work with. But, this is a third-world country pretending to be a first-
world country, and the cowboy attitude is very prevalent here.

> One has to hope, really, that the client only wants the root password
> as insurance in case you get run over by a bus, and won't use it to
> arbitrarily mess about on the system.

I find the root password in a sealed envelope in the safe is the ideal 
insurance for that.

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