lør, 18.12.2004 kl. 01.46 skrev Jeff Spaleta: > On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 16:35:23 -0800, William Hewitt <wphewitt@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Michal Jaegermann said: > >> Maybe install should ask data for this alias and fill that lines > >> unless specifically and emphatically declined? The big advantage is > >> that this solves the issue in a general way instead for some > >> specific cases like smart. > > > Or perhaps in FirstBoot(?) > > > I was actually trying to use the smartd specific example of the need > for a more general solution to the problem of relying of users to > interact with the system as root users in a number of ways in order to > see useful information. How many users see the logging and > notification information the system could be producing? How many users > actually login as root and read roots local email? In a home system > situations i doubt its very many. In large multiuser corporate network > you can probably reasonably rely on it. Not on every workstation... > On hobbiest desktops and > workstations its going to depend heavily on that person's experience > level, new people coming in to the fedora process as their first > venture into linux i doubt are going to know check roots email for > this sort of notification. > > -jef