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Re: Looking at su versus sudo

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On Sun, 23 Mar 2014 12:34:42 +0200, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:

> Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net>:
> 
>> That may be me "correcting" to Queen's English from an americanism. But
>> I'm not totally sure.
>>
>> Principal = Head/Director - usually of a school or college.
> 
> <URL: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/principal>:
> 
>    [...]
> 
>    1 : a person who has controlling authority or is in a leading
>        position: as
> 
>        a : a chief or head man or woman b : the chief executive officer
>        of an educational institution c : one who engages another to act
>        as an agent subject to general
>            control and instruction; specifically :  the person from whom
>            an agent's authority derives
>        d : the chief or an actual participant in a crime e : the person
>        primarily or ultimately liable on a legal
>            obligationf : a leading performer : star
> 
>    2 : a matter or thing of primary importance: as
> 
>        a (1) : a capital sum earning interest, due as a debt, or used as
>            a fund (2) : the corpus of an estate, portion, devise, or
>            bequest
>        b : the construction that gives shape and strength to a roof and
>            is usually one of several trusses; broadly : the most
>            important member of a piece of framing

Indeed, and neither of those really fits the area under discussion (OK, 
the second one is nearer). But the definition of 'principle' from the 
same source hits it on the head:

Full Definition of PRINCIPLE
1
a :  a comprehensive and fundamental law, doctrine, or assumption 
b (1) :  a rule or code of conduct (2) :  habitual devotion to right 
principles <a man of principle> 
c :  the laws or facts of nature underlying the working of an artificial 
device 
2
:  a primary source :  origin 
3
a :  an underlying faculty or endowment <such principles of human nature 
as greed and curiosity> 
b :  an ingredient (as a chemical) that exhibits or imparts a 
characteristic quality 
4
capitalized Christian Science :  a divine principle :  god 
— in principle 
:  with respect to fundamentals <prepared to accept the proposition in 
principle>



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Looking at su versus sudo RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-20 13:18 +0000
  Re: Looking at su versus sudo Alan Ralph <alan.ralph@gmail.com> - 2014-03-20 15:24 +0000
    Re: Looking at su versus sudo RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-20 15:45 +0000
  Re: Looking at su versus sudo Alvaro Martínez <alvaro.gmj@gmail.com> - 2014-03-20 23:11 -0300
    Re: Looking at su versus sudo RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-21 09:35 +0000
    Re: Looking at su versus sudo Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-21 18:07 +0000
      Re: Looking at su versus sudo Alvaro Martínez <alvaro.gmj@gmail.com> - 2014-03-22 00:23 -0300
  Re: Looking at su versus sudo Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-03-22 10:07 +0000
    Re: Looking at su versus sudo Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> - 2014-03-22 16:32 +0100
      Re: Looking at su versus sudo Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-03-22 19:18 +0000
        Re: Looking at su versus sudo Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-23 12:34 +0200
          Re: Looking at su versus sudo Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-03-23 11:34 +0000
        Re: Looking at su versus sudo Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> - 2014-03-23 13:03 +0100

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