I think that some of this may be beyond the scope of what Mandrake
would/should do, but it does need to be done.
There are currently two projects that I am aware of that are working on a
Linux filesystem access control list (ACL) implementation, similar to that
used by Windows. I think that ACLs are one of the biggest problems with
Linux (and UNIX as a whole). The one operating system that does have a
fairly decent implementation is Windows NT. Is there anything Mandrake can
do to help further these two groups working on ACLs?
Linux Trustees:
http://www.braysystems.com/linux/trustees.html
Rule Set Based Access Control:
http://www.rsbac.de/
Don Head
Linux Mentor
Wave Technologies, Inc.
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From: Denis HAVLIK [mailto:
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 6:12 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Denis: Shared Libs and better security model.
:~>Take a look at what Mac OS X is doing with it's shared libs by using
:~>'bundles' and 'frameworks'. I think this is a good idea and others might
:~>agree. There is an article about it at:
:~>http://www.arstechnica.com/reviews/2q00/macos-x-dp4/macos-x-dp4-1.html
:~>
:~>I hate to say it, but as our systems get more complex we may need some
sort
:~>of single point of configuration information, ala windows registry (or
:~>something better).
This goes somewhat above the scope of what we currently want to
discuss. Major rewrites of standardised things like shared libraries can
not be decided upon here and now.
:~>More flexible & modern user/share security model like WinNT.
I want you to elaborate on this. Some security-related issues may be
addressed in a better way in NT than in Unix/Linux, other are definitively
worse... Which ones would you take from NT, why, and how.
cu
Denis
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