LUA has been around for ages. A lot of places "had" to find a way to work within the framework of LUA. I think the last time I worked somewhere that users had admin access to their PC's was 1999 or so...
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:33 AM, John Aldrich <jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com>wrote: > I think you’re trying to overcomplicate things. All I meant is that the > end-user normally runs as a non-privileged user and so any application they > run is going to run as a non-privileged user. Windows has had that ability > since the NT days, but has it really been usable? IME, no. Most applications > (other than Office) wanted to run as an admin, at least up until recent > vintages of Windows. > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Perception_2] > > > > *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 08, 2010 12:22 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Mac and Windows mix > > > > And we need to define what he means by “userspace”… as that infers that his > statement means he believes admin-owned processes run in… kernel space? > > > > If so, that’s an incorrect understanding. > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* Ken Schaefer [mailto:k...@adopenstatic.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:27 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Mac and Windows mix > > > > This is only one, tiny, aspect of implementing a security model (reading > Windows Internals by Russinovich/Solomon is highly recommended). > > > > That said, Windows NT has had the same model since the first released > version (v3.1 back in 1993) > > > > Cheers > > Ken > > > > *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, 8 September 2010 10:13 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Mac and Windows mix > > > > Basically, that users are not admins and that everything runs in > “userspace” unless specifically run as an admin, including installation of > software. > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Perception_2] > > > > *From:* Steven M. Caesare [mailto:scaes...@caesare.com] > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 08, 2010 8:49 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Mac and Windows mix > > > > What do you understand that model to be? > > > > -sc > > > > *From:* John Aldrich [mailto:jaldr...@blueridgecarpet.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 07, 2010 3:15 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Mac and Windows mix > > > > Not to start a flame war or anything, but I was under the impression that > Mac OS/X was significantly **more* *secure than a comparable Windows > machine, due to the *nix security model? Asking for information here, trying > to learn, not trying to start a Mac Vs. Windows thread (there are enough of > those, that I don’t need to start one! <G>) > > > > [image: John-Aldrich][image: Perception_2] > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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