On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Cyril Chacko<[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Today a friend of mine showed me a security feature in Windows XP, which to > my knowledge is not available under Linux.(Please tell me I am wrong). > > So here goes, he showed me a security feature in Windows XP wherein the user > can setup a custom access to their own files and restrict access to others, > including Adminstrators.
Please look into SELinux and related security model. > Is there a way to do so in GNU/Linux systems (for root)? As I am not aware > of any means, I was not able to give him any answers. This feature came to > light when we were discussing our Company's adoption of IS)-27001. He has > also claimed that this is also the reason why Linux adoption in Enterprises > is very low. One more FUD. He is simply afraid to learn new technology and/or loosing his/her job if he is unable to manage new platform. > Regards > Cyril Chacko With regards, -- --Dinesh Shah :-) Shah Micro System +91-98213-11906 Blog: http://dineshah.wordpress.com/ Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dineshah/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
