I don't know how much will help the original poster, but ... does Fedora
yet have that tool where you can have multiple people logged in at once,
analogous to Windows XP? I have it in Mandrake at home (I think--I never
use it). But I forget what it's called.
On 03/08/2004 03:37 PM, Robin Laing wrote:
Jeff Vian wrote:
Maynard Kuona wrote:
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On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 09:01:20AM +0100, Sturla Holm Hansen wrote:
....>
I know about the built-in security, I was just asking if it was
possible
to pw-protect evolution the way I described because then I wouldn't
have
to lock my screen for leaving the computer for a few minutes and I
wouldn't have to log in with another account when somebody wanted to
borrow it for something...
This leads to the whole thing of
"I want to allow everyone around to use my computer/account but I
want privacy on my mail."
Guess the OP needs to learn a few basic security practices.
When not at the computer either lock the screen or log off.
The only alternative that is feasible is don't use anything you don't
want the world to see and don't give yourself access to anything you
don't want the world to use.
Basic security on ANY pc is to do that, and to have a guest account
of some form that casual users can use if you allow them to sit and
use your computer unsupervised.
Having a separate account for casual users (snoopers) provides a
means of tracking what is being done by them. Allowing them to use
*your account* means anything they do is recorded as being done by you.
My feelings are the same.
I would rather create a junk account that a casual user could use and
not change anything in my account. The 20 seconds to logout/in is
better than having someone decide that they would change my bookmarks
or worse. At least there is some control and ability to monitor the
casual user to a greater degree.
If someone wanted to view your mail they could do it in other ways
without having a password. Mail would be the least of my worries.
