On Monday 10 December 2018 09:14:05 John Hasler wrote:
> Permissions, ACLs, etc aren't just there to protect the system against
> malicious or incompetent users. They also limit the damage buggy
> software can do.
>
> All the things you complain about are configurable defaults which you
> should
On Mon 10 Dec 2018 at 07:55:32 -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 11:24:33AM +, Brian wrote:
> > It wasn't any plan for layers of secutity which surprised me but
> > the desire to add to the existing username/password login scheme
> > with extra (unspecified) questions.
>
On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 11:24:33AM +, Brian wrote:
> It wasn't any plan for layers of secutity which surprised me but
> the desire to add to the existing username/password login scheme
> with extra (unspecified) questions.
Dan Ritter's reply included some off-list clarification from the OP:
>
Permissions, ACLs, etc aren't just there to protect the system against
malicious or incompetent users. They also limit the damage buggy
software can do.
All the things you complain about are configurable defaults which you
should be able to change without needing to understand PAM.
--
John Hasle
On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 11:24:33AM +, Brian wrote:
> Furthermore, the OP specified
>
> > ...whenever someone opens their computer
>
> and I took "opens" to mean "switches on", which might mean having
> to look at what existing DMs have in the way of this functionality
> and of running anoth
Sending the mail back to the list.
J.Arun Mani wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.
> Actually the app I'm developing is for school's computer lab. In our school's
> computer lab, if someone wants access the computer, they should make a entry
> in a register stating the name, purpose, upto the tim
On Sun 09 Dec 2018 at 21:33:21 -0800, Rusi Mody wrote:
> [J Arun Mani]
> Look up kiosk instead of DM maybe?
> eg https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Kiosk
>
> [Gene/Brian] Yeah I find your surprise surprising...
>
> All operating systems (except MSDOS!) have a detailed notion of
> protection l
On Monday 10 December 2018 00:33:21 Rusi Mody wrote:
> [J Arun Mani]
> Look up kiosk instead of DM maybe?
> eg https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Kiosk
>
> [Gene/Brian] Yeah I find your surprise surprising...
>
> All operating systems (except MSDOS!) have a detailed notion of
> protection level
[J Arun Mani]
Look up kiosk instead of DM maybe?
eg https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Kiosk
[Gene/Brian] Yeah I find your surprise surprising...
All operating systems (except MSDOS!) have a detailed notion of protection
levels, the basic point being that all users are NOT equal.
And OS progr
On Sun, 9 Dec 2018, Gene Heskett wrote:
On Sunday 09 December 2018 13:03:53 J.Arun Mani wrote:
I'm making a project(using Python3)
First, I fail to see why you should even be able to lock a
computer away from its user. Thats the first question
thatought to be answered.
I think it's good
On 12/9/18 3:52 PM, Dominic Knight wrote:
As it seems they only want it to run one program - unminimsable, maybe
some kiosk type application - possibly look at how matchbox works. A
distinct lack of information to go on in the question though.
Dom
It looks to me as if the OP wants to write his
Hi,
On Sun, 09 Dec 2018 18:03:53 +
"J.Arun Mani" wrote:
> Hello,
> [I'M UNSURE WHETHER IT IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO ASK THIS QUESTION. IF NOT
> PLEASE GUIDE ME TO THE RIGHT PLACE] I'm making a project(using Python3)
> which opens whenever someone opens their computer (assume Linux-Debain
> based
On Sun, 2018-12-09 at 19:54 +, Brian wrote:
> On Sun 09 Dec 2018 at 14:47:39 -0500, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
>
> > On 12/9/18, Brian wrote:
> > > On Sun 09 Dec 2018 at 13:27:21 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > > First, I fail to see why you should even be able to lock a
> > > > computer away
>
On Sun 09 Dec 2018 at 14:47:39 -0500, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
> On 12/9/18, Brian wrote:
> > On Sun 09 Dec 2018 at 13:27:21 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>
> >> First, I fail to see why you should even be able to lock a computer away
> >> from its user. Thats the first question thatought to be an
On 12/9/18, Brian wrote:
> On Sun 09 Dec 2018 at 13:27:21 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>
>> First, I fail to see why you should even be able to lock a computer away
>> from its user. Thats the first question thatought to be answered.
>
> A voice of sanity.
>
> Whatever is behind the idea, it is abo
On 12/9/18, Dan Ritter wrote:
> J.Arun Mani wrote:
>> Hello,
>> [I'M UNSURE WHETHER IT IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO ASK THIS QUESTION. IF NOT
>> PLEASE GUIDE ME TO THE RIGHT PLACE]
>> I'm making a project(using Python3) which opens whenever someone opens
>> their computer (assume Linux-Debain based) and
On Sun 09 Dec 2018 at 13:27:21 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Sunday 09 December 2018 13:03:53 J.Arun Mani wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > [I'M UNSURE WHETHER IT IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO ASK THIS QUESTION. IF NOT
> > PLEASE GUIDE ME TO THE RIGHT PLACE] I'm making a project(using
> > Python3) which opens wh
J.Arun Mani wrote:
> Hello,
> [I'M UNSURE WHETHER IT IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO ASK THIS QUESTION. IF NOT PLEASE
> GUIDE ME TO THE RIGHT PLACE]
> I'm making a project(using Python3) which opens whenever someone opens their
> computer (assume Linux-Debain based) and asks them some details. The user
>
On Sunday 09 December 2018 13:03:53 J.Arun Mani wrote:
> Hello,
> [I'M UNSURE WHETHER IT IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO ASK THIS QUESTION. IF NOT
> PLEASE GUIDE ME TO THE RIGHT PLACE] I'm making a project(using
> Python3) which opens whenever someone opens their computer (assume
> Linux-Debain based) and a
Hello,
[I'M UNSURE WHETHER IT IS THE RIGHT PLACE TO ASK THIS QUESTION. IF NOT PLEASE
GUIDE ME TO THE RIGHT PLACE]
I'm making a project(using Python3) which opens whenever someone opens their
computer (assume Linux-Debain based) and asks them some details. The user
should not be allowed to use th
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