Mr May:
>So does the Mac, at least for non-server versions. So does OS/2, I'm sure.
From what I remember, there is no difference between the
server versions of MacOS (with the exception of MacOS X server, which
isn't really MacOS) as far as security at the console is concerned.
>The Mac OS allows "groups" and suchlike privileges to be set, mainly
>for networking. But the basic machine, and programs on it, have all
>privileges. At least from all that I've seen. (There are no doubt
>security systems sitting on top of this OS and limiting access in
>various ways.)
IIRC, the current file system doesn't even have the concepts
of permissions beyond the single user.
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