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From: wengland@stephsf.stephsf.com (Bill England)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: SCO Unix: few bugs but bad features
Message-ID: <366@stephsf.stephsf.com>
Date: 14 Sep 90 19:35:31 GMT
References: <33718@cup.portal.com> <C0CJ1QF@eismond.uucp> <26EFE2A9.CC4@tct.uucp>
Organization: Stephen Software Systems, Inc., Tacoma WA
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In article <26EFE2A9.CC4@tct.uucp> chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
>According to oscar@eismond.uucp (Carsten Tschach):
[...]
>C2 security is a nightmare for support.  Imagine trying to debug
>permission problems when both system programs and the *kernel* care
>*which* user and group you are, and grant different permissions for
>each.  Ah for the good old days, when the only choices were
>"superuser" and "peon"...

  You can turn off most of the C2 features.  I did and then I turned
  some of them back on (login expirations and password/terminal security 
  features.)  C2 does add a new dimension to Unix administration and one 
  which is becoming more asked about by businesses as 'Hacker-phobia' 
  sweeps the world.

  I really like what you can do with user/group combinations.  It is
  kind of reminisent of the (ancient) RSTS-E scheme where student 
  accounts could access some files in the profs directory. (Remember 
  [100,52] vs account [100,0]).

  As for bugs ... well the micosoft C compiler is kind of odd but, 
  not really buggy, besides there is the ATT compiler 'rcc' that
  will usually compile what Microsoft can not.  (At least the Microsoft
  C compiler supports ansi extentions.)  

  Some of the software development problems I have encountered are a 
  result of multiple libraries with identical routines in different 
  formats.  These libs are there to support Unix/Xenix/DOS developement 
  all on the same machine.  Trade offs I guess ...

  IMHO for all the software you get SCO-ODT is a super bargin.  

  Of course you can _always_ piece ODT together from the seperate 
  venders as you need it.

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