>> It's not the fact that it breaks new ground, its that there is a >> significant subset of users who need/want the functionality. > >Nope, it just sounds more like a small faction of paranoid developers. Hey, I am not paranoid :-) >Until RedHat came along the OS itself wasn't very friendly, and >didn't gain widespread appeal/popularity. They made things easier >from the get-go. Why should we make things more complicated=3F From a user perspective, you don't have to care. And as a root user (as every Joe user might want to be [including myself]), you don't need to fear any changes or complications. Adios... Axel.