Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 01:22:02 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 01:21:52 -0500 Received: from leibniz.math.psu.edu ([146.186.130.2]:10135 "EHLO math.psu.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 01:21:48 -0500 Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 01:21:31 -0500 (EST) From: Alexander Viro To: Ben Greear cc: Alan Cox , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: 2.4.2 ext2 filesystem corruption ? (was 2.4.2: What happened ?(No In-Reply-To: <3AA7276B.DB9AEC11@candelatech.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Ben Greear wrote: > I see it differently: If it's possible for the driver to protect the > user, and it does not, then it strikes me as irresponsible programming. If > there is a reason other than 'only elite users are cool enough to tune > their system, and they never make mistakes', then that's ok, but I have > not heard that argument yet. *users* have no business changing the system configuration. End of story. Again, if somebody doesn't read manpages before doing stuff under root - no point trying to protect him. He will find a way to fsck up, no matter how many "safety" checks you put in. BTW, that's the first time I've seen "elite" used as a term for "able to understand the meaning of words 'use with extreme caution'". Oh, well... Cheers, Al - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/