On 2019-09-27 08:53, Dan Purgert wrote:
On Sep 27, 2019, Didier Kryn wrote:
Le 27/09/2019 à 11:45, Dan Purgert a écrit :
> On Sep 27, 2019, Didier Kryn wrote:
> > Le 27/09/2019 à 00:25, Steve Litt a écrit :
> > > Show of hands: Who ever perceived a problem with using /etc/passwd,
> > > /etc/shadow, and /etc/group? They just worked .
> >
> > Imagine a computer with no user, just root, and an empty /home
> > directory. You plug in your USB disk and, automatically, your disk is
> > mounted under /home /and you become a user of this laptop/ - no need
> > to have root priviledge and enter your name and password in the
> > database. There's nothing precious on the computer, except the
> > contents of /your/ disk.
> So, now we're implicitly trusting $distro to maintain security for us,
> and $initsystem to not include a small hook to send telemetry back to
> $distro?
Sorry, I don't understand (~: didn't we /explicitely/ expect that
from
*nix, Linux, sysv-init, rc scripts, etc?
Oops, I meant "systemd" not, "$initsystem".
Sigh . . . If only Devuan development could generate the participation
and enthusiasm that the silliness of systemd bashing does . . .
golinux
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