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From: DWN2@psuvm.psu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Another ... Suggestion for NeXT, Inc.
Message-ID: <91121.023253DWN2@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 1 May 91 06:32:53 GMT
References: <1991Apr28.083232.12277@cbnewse.att.com> <591@rosie.NeXT.COM>
 <1991Apr29.082508.2376@wuphys.wustl.edu>
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In article <1991May1.024534.4199@cbnewse.att.com>, cafe@cbnewse.att.com
(richard.dib) says:

>In article <1991Apr29.082508.2376@wuphys.wustl.edu>, rdd@wuphys.wustl.edu
>(Rakhal D. Dave) writes:
>> Another suggestion is to have direct root access from a user account in
>> the GUI.
>>   [stuff deleted...]

>Actually it would be better if you could "su" to any other account, not only
>to "root".

>Richard Dib
>AT&T BL

I would like to see this taken a little further (or approached a little
differently  ).  I would like to see something in the browser menu more like
LINK TO TTYxx  that when activated gives the browser the same permissions
as the terminal window and follows the current directory of the terminal
window.  If the LINK is made and the user issues su, then the browser is also
su-ed to the new user, if the user types cd /.../...  in the terminal, the
browser reflects this too.  If the directory in the browser is changed should
terminal also change? I dunno, what do you think would be best?

I think this idea could be extended much further.  With Mach and the dynamic
linking available this wouldn't be too big a deal, would it?

Any other ideas along these lines?

Dave

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