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1995-08-28
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These three programs supply a laughable imitation of Unix security. On a
system where no per-user permissions exist on files, any form of security
will be laughable. Therefore these should more be seen as an attempt for
user configuration management.
On my A3000, I use login to control the boot sequence. For example, if I'm
working on my thesis, then I login as thesis, which installs the LaTeX paths
and fonts. If I'm logging in as games, then the desktop boot sequence is
pruned to the bare minimum and zero-page write protection is turned off.
Some people may find this useful for managing their use of news and mail
readers. The protection afforded by read-only variables may help to prevent
forgery on multi-user machines in this case, though again this is more the
image of protection than real security. Please, if you're trying to use
login for such management, feel free to mail me with any suggestions for
improvements.
Cheers,
Alun.