On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 15:20, Otto Wyss wrote: > I want to setup a desktop system where the current user can do anything > he needs and that means also commands like halt (since he started the > system he should be able to stop it). There are many more such commands > but halt is rather typical. Such a user may never know the root password > since he should not be able to install software etc. > > It seems Linux isn't though as a desktop system (a system used by a > single ordinary user). Otherwise I can't explain why there isn't a > useful security concept and a fitting setup script available. I need > this concept for my desktop project, therefore I'm asking for > alternatives. You should really look at either Linspire or Lycoris. These are truly designed to be one ordinary user or a few ordinary users on a machine. They are nice, but I don;t want to go back to years of futzing with systems setup like Windows. -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net The technology that is Stronger, better, faster: Linux
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