On Tue, 2006-05-30 at 14:37 +0200, Marcel Hilzinger wrote: > Am Dienstag, 30. Mai 2006 14:22 schrieb Kenneth Schneider: > > > > You must also like MS windows with all of it's virii/worm spreading > > capabilities as that is what you are asking for here. > Never worked with Windows, so I don't know what you mean ;-) > > What happens when > > you need to remove someone from being able to update software? I see no > > means of removing them from ZEN. > Then it's a design mistake of ZEN, which has to be corrected. > > > Security, security, security, security -must- always be number one when > > designing software. If people want something to run like "windows" tell > > them to install MS windows. -NOT- requiring the root password when > > installing software opens up a huge hole in security. > You forgot, that installing without the root password is not the default. So > root/the user has to add a user/himself. Security vs. usabiltity is a never > ending theme, but that's not the most important one: Even more important than > security is _choice_.
True, if you want a less secure OS use MS windows. If you want a more secure OS use linux > > If a home user does not want to type the root-password each time he is > installing a program, then this is his choice. Then just login as root all the time. Again, linux is not MS windows and should -not- be made to act like it. Ken --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
