Hi, Thanks for all your replies, while googling I found an article for ACLs as well as for something known as Capabilites. Only the bare essentials are explained here. One is for Controlling access and the other is for Developers to write codes to reduce reliance on root authorisation for certain activities.
Will go into in depth of the technologies and see what i can learn. > > In any case, it would be nice if you could tell us how to do that. > > > Is there a way to do so in GNU/Linux systems (for root)? As I am not > aware > > > Check this link out, it mentions the methods my friend mentioned to me about, especially the ones about inherited permissions, http://www.le.ac.uk/cc/dsss/docs/acls1.shtml <http://www.le.ac.uk/cc/dsss/docs/acls1.shtml> > > This is possible in windows because the "Administrator" account in > windows is not the same as root in *nix systems. The equivalent user > to root is called "system" in Windows. Due to this I am guessing you > can actually deny administrators from accessing your files. You surely > cannot do this for the "system" user. (Disclaimer: I am only guessing. > it has been ages since I last accessed a Windows box to do any real > work) > > As for setting up custom access (ACLs), look up the manpage for > setfacl and getfacl commands on Linux. For even tighter security, look > up SELinux. > Probably, my doze box is only a backup if things dont workout on my linux and i can find a solution for that. "system" user that is new for me. Will take a look at that. > -- > Siddhesh Poyarekar > http://siddhesh.in > -- > http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > Thanks for all the help. Regards Cyril Chacko -- Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder. Make sure they are on you. -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
