From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Scott Taylor" Subject: RE: CloclApplet in KDE Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 03:29:38 -0700 (PDT) Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <2101.66.183.200.54.1054981778.squirrel@dctchambers.com> References: <2DE78F33FFE0D3118C0200508B94F9CA1DA3755C@uswaumsx08medge.med.ge.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: In-Reply-To: <2DE78F33FFE0D3118C0200508B94F9CA1DA3755C@uswaumsx08medge.med.ge.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org Sadanapalli, Pradeep Kumar (MED, TCS) said: > What is this patch for? By applying this patch, will a normal user be > able to change system date and time through the clock applet? That's the second stupidest thing I've read today. Why in the world would you want normal users to have privileges to do things that only root should have? Someone mentioned NTP earlier (the only good answer). Keep the clock in sync with the truth is the only way you should be changing it. Anything else sounds like you are trying to become a spammer or crash someones system. Only the system administrator, or root, should have access to system functions, anything else is just dangerous and or stupid.