Tony Firshman wrote: > The system level file and directory definitions by user. There is > protection for three types of user and three levels of file type. Each > file has 7 attributes. (chmod)
Actually that concept is far inferior to the ACLs NT/2000/XP use on NTFS. One has to see here is that NT based Windows systems are much more modern, their security concept is much more thought out. There are now patches for Linux to add ACLs, but they are mainly just this: patches for an old and outdated concept. The real problem is: people don't want security! Why? Mainly because it's inconvenient. The best security concept is worthless if the user works as Administrator (or root) all the time. And that's exactly what happens if the systems are set up in single-user mode. Also, many application programers don't do it right and it's a pain to install or run their stuff without Administrator privileges. SMSQ/E is mostly so easy to use because it has never even heard of the words "security concept" (does the mail count as OnTopic now? ;-) ) Marcel _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List
