Re: concurrent users

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Tim:
>> Running as some other user will still have the same ability to do bad
>> stuff as yourself could do.  So I wouldn't call it an increased
>> "security" thing.

Roberto Ragusa:
> You are right. That user has not lower permissions from a system
> point of view; it certainly has "lower permissions" to access
> personal data, so the "bigger security" is just in relation to
> personal data.

But will it even achieve that?  Much of what's /lost/ over the net is
through your web browser.  So if you always browse as user 2, any breach
is likely to get all the stuff (user 2 did) that you were hoping to keep
safe.

-- 
[tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r
2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686

Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored.  I
read messages from the public lists.



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