Re: [pdorman@ihug.co.nz: Control Center probs / List probs]

[David Ford <david killerlabs com>]

On Sun, 14 Mar 1999, hhv wrote:
> This problem has already been annoying and irritating many people. Why
> doesn't the maling lists page on www.gnome.org mention the fact, that in
> order to post to the list or to send subscribe requests the user must be
> logged in as some ordinary user, but not as 'root' on his own system?
> 
> Henning

IMHO, disallowing root to send mail is qmailish.  In my circle of friends,
root doesn't necessarily have uid 0 and uid isn't necessarily root.

This person may or may not be root==uid0 but that isn't the point.  The list
manager shouldn't stipulate which name a person can and cannot use.

We use these alternative operating systems because we want to do things
-our- way, not the m$ way.  One of the reasons I don't run software like
qmail is because I like having mail delivered to users named root without a
workaround and I like having mixed case users distinct from tolower().

If someone wants to use 'root', let them.  Be it ill advised if that
username is actually uid0, that's for them to crash and burn after ignoring
conventional wisdom.

-d
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