On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 11:14:32PM +0800, Sacha Chua wrote: > On 11 Dec 2001 04:41:54PM -0800, Linux Newbie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > > > It means only a valid user of the Linux system. If he/she is not a > > ... but one of the joys of Linux is that you can take it home and > install it on your own computer. If you think about it, 'valid user' > tends to imply some central authority... ;)
Of course there is a central authority. r00t :) The biggest single design mistake in Unix. The all-powerful root account. Would have been far better in terms of security to create more fine-grained permissions for every program and avoid the use of setuid. -- Rafael R. Sevilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> +63(2) 8177746 ext. 8311 Programmer, Inter.Net Philippines +63(917) 4458925 http://dido.ph.inter.net/ OpenPGP Key ID: 0x5CDA17D8 Heute die Welt und Morgen das Sonnensystem! _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
