> Oh yeah: and I can no longer log in as root. On the > CONSOLE. Because if I create an account for myself > during the install, root will be turned into a > "role". > > If that wasn't bad enough, it's not a sudo role, that > I could use and transfer to HP-UX or IRIX, or AIX, or > Mac OS X, oh no. > We have to be stubborn and plough on with RBAC, which > is overcomplicated and a nightmare to set up and > administer, even for people like me who've used > Solaris for 12+ years. As an added bonus, RBAC > doesn't exist on any other UNIX(R) system, so all the > work I do with it I can't use on another UNIX(R) > system. Lovely.
So port RBAC - it's open, and insofar as it doesn't need to be linked with GPL (as opposed to say LGPL libs) code, there shouldn't be a problem. Complicated or not, IMO RBAC is far more capable. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
