On Wed, November 21, 2007 00:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>There is.. it's called "root privileges". > yes, true. > > but - regardless of being a windows app or not - what if you want to take a > look on your system as a whole, > especially when using some tool which graphically shows how and where your > diskspace is being used? if i > let this run from ordinary useraccount it would get lot`s of "permission > denied" and then it`s only telling > half of the truth.....
Such a tool shouldn't need to open any files, whether they're device files or not. Do you expect it to open /dev/zero etc. too and read from an infinitely sized "file"? >> > i`d wish there would be some fence around this or iTCO_wdt /dev/watchdog >> > not being active after a >> default desktop installation. Delete it? -- Simon Arlott - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
