On 16/6/03 12:14 pm, "Tom Allison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alan wrote: > >> Yes, and no. In windows it seems a little nicer because it's a lot >> better (IMHO) about installing the plugins... you get a prompt saying >> "hey, install xyz", you click ok, it grinds for a few minutes, goes >> through an install wizard, and then you go back to the original window >> and voila! it's there and working. >> > > Some would consider this a security problem. Not my mum, tho'. >> ... Mac >> OS/X seems to have it right with running as a user with SU privileges >> all the time and then popping up a "please enter your user password" >> whenever a program needs to be installed. Not running as root, but >> running close enough to it that you can tasks like installing software >> much easier. I wish linux was a bit more like this... > > First, this is a security item in Linux that you will not easily get around, > nor should you. > Second, what you are referring to smells a lot like SUDO only wrapped up in > something "cute". This is *exactly* what it is. The "something cute" is just a Cocoa implementation of the same sort of thing that KDE (ksu?) & Gnome supply. IMO user privileges is one thing Apple have managed to get very right with OS X - for home & SOHO installations, the user to install the o/s automatically has sudo privileges, but directory services (LDAP?) is also supported out of the box for larger installations. In the former case, all other users can be granted user-only access & in the latter the sysadmin can make sensible decisions regarding network policy. This http://tinyurl.com/ef5b manual would appear to provide quite a decent overview. > No, Linux is usable as a browsing platform. It works fine on so many sites > that it's really a minority. Java applications puke. That's not the fault > of Java... I find this story interesting: http://tinyurl.com/ef5u Stroller. -- Enjoyed this post? Thanks for reading - please consider employing me! Technical support / system administration - CV available on request Linux / Unix / Windows / Mac OS X - UK or anywhere considered -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
