[openbeos] Re: status of OpenBeOS
- From: "Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 03 May 2003 16:07:19 -0400
>> Remember that our focus is a *workstation*
>> OS. :-)
>
>no doubt about it :)
>
>I thought that the 2nd way was more secure, but you told me that
>they're quite the same security level, so I'm more quiet now :)
Properly implemented multiuser of any sort is secure.
The real difference is what level of security you require.
There is a difference between needing to protect against other users' processes
and needing to protect files.
Sort of like the difference between locking your door to keep intruders out vs
carrying a gun around your house. :-)
Both can be equally effective at proteccting your stuff. Locking your door is a
single point of entry and therefore a lot easier. :-)
>will it be possible, with way 1st, to run some program as root,
>like you do in Linux when you download an rpm as user and install
>it as root, after providing the root pwd? I'm just asking...
Not at this time. I *certainly* see the value in that. I *hate* having to
reboot/log out to install. But since multi-user is > R1, who knows? :-)
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