> Yeah, just leave root consoles lying around unprotected on your box. Sooner > or later that will result in a lot of stuff being disabled.
Hey, Is Mandrake still a distro aimed for the home desktop or not? This suggestion is very logical and useful for businesses, or places where computers have public access or something, but i would not want it on my desktop... This security measure, if implemented, should be optional, and a BIG and CLEAR question about it should be made at installation time. I'm not afraid of what my mother can do with my mozilla sessions when i'm not looking. > > I think you missed an important criterion: that the password not be > required when switching from an unlocked session belonging to the same user > (or presumably anyone with UID 0, on the premise that they could su or the > like anyway). I like that idea, it's probably useful for many people, but as a desktop user, i would still like to have the option to disable it. I work a lot in text mode, and i switch between consoles often enough not to want to enter my (long) root password every time. see ya. Damian -- -- I don't want Windows to be only for the 31173. Yes, we've come a long way from all those security holes, virii, and cryptic commands like "Edit textfile.txt" (what in the hell is that supposed to mean?)
