On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 3:05 PM James Huddle <james.r.hud...@gmail.com> wrote: > What I am trying to do (thank you Troy Martin), is work through > the standard answers and missteps toward a more secure OS, > starting with OpenBSD and a flashlight. It is my humble opinion > that the optimal number of users for (say) a laptop is one. > And the optimal number for a server is zero. I doubt many would > agree with that assessment, but I'm looking for solutions, regardless.
I'm going to try to phrase this politely, but I might trigger other people to say some rude things (not sure if they'll be aimed at myself, or not). Anyways... I have two hypothetical questions you should think about: 1) Why do you doubt that many would agree with that assessment? 2) Also, what is a "user"? If by "user" you mean "person", that leads to some lines of discussion. If by "user" you mean an integer value which appears under the label "user_id" (or some variant, such as perhaps "uid") in a C structure, that leads to other lines of discussion. If by "user" you mean a line in the /etc/passwd file which identifies a directory, that leads to yet other lines of discussion. ... >From skimming this thread, I don't think you mean any of those. But if no one knows what you mean, it doesn't really matter whether they agree or disagree with you. Thanks, -- Raul
