Maybe this is something that can be done with msec?
maybe a new security grouping of single networked
newbie... hehehe. The general point being that it
would be somewhat similar to the medium security
accept that it setuid certain files and such so that
users can have instant access to their modem,
multimedia, and other things they were accustomed to
under windows.... except where they can accidently
screw things up! Maybe an office network workstation
setting (which would have an admin) and a home user
setting.
--- guran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 10 September 2001 21:25, Brad Felmey
> wrote:
>
> > It's obvious to me, as well, but we are not
> average end-users. Forcing
> > users who choose the automated install to figure
> out how to add users to
> > groups and so forth right off the bat is just
> plain obnoxious. Many of them
> > are going to be brand-new to UNIX-style
> permissions, and learning the
> > intricacies of adding users to groups, or setting
> 666 on the appropriate
> > /dev entries is ludicrous when all they want is to
> hear an mp3 play on
> > their shiny new Linux box. 99% of them just plain
> won't do it, and will
> > show up in
> > alt.os.linux-mandrake and ZDNet talkbacks saying
> things like "Linux SUCKS"
> > because even their old Win9x setup could do
> something simple like play a
> > song without 2 months of reading man pages and
> guesswork.
> >
> > 660 is fine for expert install with higher than
> "medium" security chosen,
> > but for a Average Joe install, it's going to be a
> real turn-off to the new
> > user, and just plain unnecessary, unless you're
> trying to sabotage the
> > entire user-friendly point of using Mandrake in
> the first place.
>
> I sound a strong Yes to your writing, probably an
> accurate description.
>
> I sometimes wonder if this list is to try to find
> faults and try to advice
> better methods or if it is a place to show how to do
> a thing and not send a
> mail.
>
> regards
> guran
>
> regards
> guran
> --
> Mandrake Linux 8.1 beta Cooker kernel-2.4.8-21
> vers:1.572
>
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