berenger.morel@neutralite.org wrote:
Le 11.12.2014 18:21, Richard Owlett a écrit :berenger.morel@neutralite.org wrote:[snip] Now, if you think multi-user OSes are not that good, I think there is an OS with a different kernel somewhere (not Linux, not *BSD, not Hurd, not Windows, not ReactOS...) which wants to build a single user system. Can't remember the name, I only remember that when someone on linuxfr described it, I was really sceptical, because there will obviously be tons of security issues with such a system.There is a market (how large???) for a single user single task computer and OS.The problem is, if you use a system with a single user, then you will end with issues like what windows had (and probably still have when not configured properly): malwares can infect the whole system.
I can not dispute any of the literal content of that sentence.But <chuckle>, I do challenge the presumed answer to an unstated underlying question.
I.E. "Who is responsible for the integrity of *MY* system?" The correct answer is the proverbial "Me, Myself, and I."It is most definitely not an individual nor group whom I've never met. There is most definitely a need for such systems as the vast majority do not have the needed experience/expertise.
That is how I operate ~100% of the time. Security is a non-issue, I have the only key to my house. It needs only one password to cove case of physical malicious access.What about software you ran as normal user with full rights doing malicious access to your hardware, thus being able to corrupt things like UEFI?
Hopefully I would learn from my errors. In any case the responsibility is mine.
There would be advantages to a maintenance password to guard me from making careless/dumb errors on *MY OWN* machine. It would be extremely useful if its kernel supported running unmodified Debian packages.Linux is built as a multi user kernel. I guess any software using linux specific features, or multi-user based feature, like cups, for example, would need changes. At least to not try to create it's own user.
I assumed it would possibly require a quite different core and apt substitute. How closely tied is content of a Debian package tied to a Linux kernel?