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From: bga@raspail.UUCP (Bruce Albrecht)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc
Subject: Re: Unix bigotry
Summary: file security
Message-ID: <1135@raspail.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jan 89 23:54:06 GMT
References: <28200249@mcdurb> <451@babbage.acc.virginia.edu> <1951@scolex> <1989Jan9.114312.26821@ateng.ateng.com>
Organization: Control Data Corporation, Arden Hills, MN
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In article <1989Jan9.114312.26821@ateng.ateng.com>, chip@ateng.ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
> "No ability for file and system security" indeed.
> 
> I think the real bigotry here is quite obvious.

Actually, Unix's file security is quite crude.  Because it doesn't have access
control lists for files, the only way to permit a file to specific users is
to create new groups (if one is allowed) that include only those users.  Last
time I checked, it didn't have guardian procedures, either.  I find it ironic
that I have to explain in detail to Unix zealots why the group mechanism is
inferior to the access control list mechanism for file permission.  Unix has
a lot of nice features, but file permissions isn't one of them.