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- From: mcdan@berlioz.nsc.com (Eric McDaniel)
- Subject: Re: NT not multiuser, then Unix is not a competing OS
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.233123.11570@berlioz.nsc.com>
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- Organization: National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara
- References: <1993Jan11.144135.5176@solaris.rz.tu-clausthal.de> <1993Jan11.190010.5522@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 23:31:23 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan11.190010.5522@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca> gary@nshade.uah.ualberta.ca (Gary Ritchie) writes:
- >
- >So, when you walk up to a NT machine, do you log on?
- Yes. Assuming you remembered to log off last time.
-
- >Can you log on from remote machines while someone else is logged on
- >to the console?
- This is promised in the final release, but as of the October 1992 beta,
- it is disabled.
-
- >Does NT have a "command line"?
- Yes, if you count the "DOS emulation" window.
-
- >Does the filesystem have user ownership / execute / read / write
- >permissions?
- Yes / yes / yes / yes. In addition to separate delete and change
- ownership permissions. This applies only to NTFS volumes; there is
- no security for FAT volumes.
-
- >I'm just wondering; I haven't seen NT yet.
- >
- >Gary Ritchie
-
- Eric McDaniel
-