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Re: Automounter in KDE



On Thursday 11 August 2005 04:55 pm, Randy Kramer wrote:

> Thanks!  Not sure that's the perfect solution, but it sure sounds like a
> step in the right direction--thinking of a way to accomplish something
> rather than reasons to not accomplish something.  Also, in terms of
> numbers, I wonder how many Linux systems have a single (vs. multiple) real
> (i.e., human) users? Maybe we need a single user and a multiuser Linux (OS
> and kernel?)?

False.  Single-user means a single security space.  One key reason that 
Windows is historically so insecure is that it's a single security space, and 
programs are written to assume that so you really can't operate any other 
way.  

If you're splitting admin mode and non-admin mode, then you already have a 
multi-user system.  Artificially limiting the system to just one non-admin 
accomplishes nothing.  

I've never had a problem with my multi-user OS used by a single user that has 
been the result of it being a multi-user OS.  

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