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Re: Automounter in KDE



Larry Garfield wrote:

> 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.

While that's true, it puts the lie to the quoted FAQ's reason about why you
shouldn't just be able to eject a CD.  If you only need multi-user to
separate security spaces, there's no reason not to let just anybody eject
the CD.

> 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.
 
No, and I think SuSE's reasoning here was wrong.
-- 
derek



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