Re: More desktop security thoughts (was Re: GNOME privilege library)

["Larry W. Virden" <lvirden cas org>]

> Many home systems are in the curious state where nobody cares if you
> reconfigure networking, change ISP, add a new printer and so on (all the
> things that get corporate IS upset). They do care if you delete other
> users files or access them. 

In my household, I need to prevent at least 3 users from messing with things
like disk partitions, network configurations, etc.  They've regularly
clobbered the various systems (Mac 6/7, Windows 98 and even a SPARC Solaris!)
by installing various apps, tweaking preferences, trying to record their
own event sounds, etc.

Then it's left to dear old dad to clean up the mess afterwards...

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