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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Security and defaults.
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Date: 11 Jun 89 15:34:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Jun 11 10:34:00 1989



>My point is that rather than delivering *ONE* default mode, NeXT might
>deliver two or more, with an easy to use front end for switching between
>modes.  The difference between modes might be things like

> o Which programs are suid.
> o Protections on sensitve files and directories.
> o Ulimits and umasks.
> o Permissions to change the time.
> o Default PATHs

Unix is a big, complicated system. NeXt should send along a big,
complicated book with each machine which explains how it works, all
the things which have been mentioned in this thread in comp.sys.next,
and a LONG, VERY DETAILED description  of excatly what differences
exist AND WHY between the various "modes" od setup described above.

Having both the different modes and a good book to explain them
would be one of the most brilliant ploys ever in computerdom.

Trying to pretend that a complicated system is simple is folly.
It is OK to try only if the machine is used only for one task and
unconnected to the rest of the world.

Doug McDonald
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