Password-protecting fedora.

Matt Morgan matt.morgan at brooklynmuseum.org
Mon Mar 8 20:54:22 UTC 2004


I don't know how much will help the original poster, but ... does Fedora 
yet have that tool where you can have multiple people logged in at once, 
analogous to Windows XP? I have it in Mandrake at home (I think--I never 
use it). But I forget what it's called.

On 03/08/2004 03:37 PM, Robin Laing wrote:

> Jeff Vian wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Maynard Kuona wrote:
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: fedora-list-admin at redhat.com 
>>> [mailto:fedora-list-admin at redhat.com] On
>>> Behalf Of Tom Needs a Hat Mitchell
>>> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 10:38 AM
>>> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
>>> Subject: Re: Password-protecting fedora.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 09:01:20AM +0100, Sturla Holm Hansen wrote:
>>> ....> 
>>>
>>>> I know about the built-in security, I was just asking if it was 
>>>> possible
>>>> to pw-protect evolution the way I described because then I wouldn't 
>>>> have
>>>> to lock my screen for leaving the computer for a few minutes and I
>>>> wouldn't have to log in with another account when somebody wanted to
>>>> borrow it for something...
>>>>   
>>>
>>
>> This leads to the whole thing of
>> "I want to allow everyone around to use my computer/account but I 
>> want privacy on my mail."
>>
>> Guess the OP needs to learn a few basic security practices.
>>
>> When not at the computer either lock the screen or log off.
>> The only alternative that is feasible is don't use anything you don't 
>> want the world to see and don't give yourself access to anything you 
>> don't want the world to use.
>>
>> Basic security on ANY pc is to do that, and to have a guest account 
>> of some form that casual users can use if you allow them to sit and 
>> use your computer unsupervised.
>>
>> Having a separate account for casual users (snoopers) provides a 
>> means of tracking what is being done by them.  Allowing them to use 
>> *your account* means anything they do is recorded as being done by you.
>>
>
> My feelings are the same.
>
> I would rather create a junk account that a casual user could use and 
> not change anything in my account.  The 20 seconds to logout/in is 
> better than having someone decide that they would change my bookmarks 
> or worse.  At least there is some control and ability to monitor the 
> casual user to a greater degree.
>
> If someone wanted to view your mail they could do it in other ways 
> without having a password.  Mail would be the least of my worries.
>





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