> Hummm I meant... for each user. For instance, how can more than a user > share a single plan9 machine (using time-slicing :) in a way a user > can not bother others? This is a FAQ, digging in the 9fans archives will find lots of discussion about it. My conclusion is:
If you have access to the hardware, asking for a password is naive at best, and deceiving at worst. It is possible that some form of full disk encryption could help, but no other 'mainstream' OSes do that AFAIK. uriel > > 2006/2/6, Russ Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > Can there be a password challenge for a single machine (without any >> > auth server in the net)? >> >> You could write a program and run it in termrc/cpurc if you >> are worried. The short answer is no. >> >> Russ >>
