> >     Not saying the CU be damned, but just the opposite.  IMO, as
> >     I believe I stated this 3.5 years ago when this started, this
> >     project is kludge/bandaid for lack of a proper architecture.
> >     I'm saddened that such an architecture doesn't seem to be
> >     forthcoming.
> 
> and it is exactly because the is no better alternative that I restarted 
> this case.  This is a perfectly acceptable solution for many people. 
> I've love to see something better with centralised (but still allowing 
> very fine grained policy) in fact we used to have such a thing when Sun 
> resold the BoKS product as Solstice Security Manager (and on Solaris 2.6 
> it even used PAM!).

        Yup, I remember it.  Unfortunately it's long gone.  We can lament
        it over a couple whiskies later this summer.

> Feel free to derail this case for the purpose of writing an opinion to 
> point out that there are still a number of areas where Solaris doesn't 
> have sufficient account access controls and that a centralised 
> management tool for this is needed as well.  I'll gladly provide fodder 
> for that opinion.

        No need.  There are enough folk who are well aware.  And we keep
        making them aware at every opportunity.

Gary..
P.S.    approved at today's PSARC -- hope you're well on the mend.

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