> generally -- yes. only its owner (the user who started the file > server) can access the administrative "area" on a file server, i.e. > /srv/fscons. there's only a single point of entry to allow one to > modify files belonging to other users and that is the rather > complicated dance of connecting to /srv/fscons, changing permissions > of a file, disconnecting and then modifying it. > > if you feel adventurous you can set up an old-style (ken fs, as they're > called) file server which completely disallows the running of any user > processes. on such machine there's no way to modify another user's > files unless you're behind the keyboard/console of the machine or the > user changes permissions to allow you to do so.
you can just as easily set up a fossil server that doesn't let users cpu into the machine, and it will be just as isolated as an old ken fs. russ
