On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Kalle Happonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> thomasg wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 5:22 PM, arne anka <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > > Of course you can create another user, as you are used to on any > > unix > > > system. > > > It just doesn't ship with one because the distro comes in > > ready-to-deploy > > > images, not with a installer like the binary-distro-people are > > used to. > > > > sure? i think it possible that some things won't work when > > non-root ... > > > > > > Of course some things won't work - if they would, there would be no > > need for a special root account. > > Basically all the tools someone would use without a terminal should > > work (dialer, contacs, ...) no matter what stack is used. > > The daemons that need root access run in background and can be > > controlled by userspace-programs without root-access. > > > > If of course would take a loginmanager or similar to use a user with > > password at startup, because currently the user root is automatically > > logged in. Should be easy to "fix". > Even running only critical things as root, and most stuff on a > no-password unprivileged account would be better. But an user account > with a password a would of course be better. The I'd say that the PIN > could almost be saved somewhere, to avoid the need for a double log-in. I had some thoughts about that, too. Would be cool if it wasn't necessary to have a PIN at all - you enter the PIN in the "first-run-wizard", that will store it. After that you only have one password (of your choise) that does all - the security daemon would lookup in a key/password-database and use your password for all things, like decrypting the other containers (phonebook, messages, e.g.), authing you on the network with the stored pin, unlocking the phone screen, .....
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