From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 28 16:36: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from m4.c2.telstra-mm.net.au (m4.c2.telstra-mm.net.au [24.192.3.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF15B14D3B for ; Wed, 28 Apr 1999 16:36:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from andrew@lake.com.au) Received: from m5.c2.telstra-mm.net.au (m5.c2.telstra-mm.net.au [24.192.3.20]) by m4.c2.telstra-mm.net.au (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.8.6) with ESMTP id JAA11047 for ; Thu, 29 Apr 1999 09:36:02 +1000 (EST) X-BPC-Relay-Envelope-From: andrew@lake.com.au X-BPC-Relay-Envelope-To: X-BPC-Relay-Sender-Host: m5.c2.telstra-mm.net.au [24.192.3.20] X-BPC-Relay-Info: Message delivered directly. Received: from areilly.bpc-users.org (CPE-24-192-51-95.nsw.bigpond.net.au [24.192.51.95]) by m5.c2.telstra-mm.net.au (8.8.6 (PHNE_14041)/8.8.6) with SMTP id JAA21526 for ; Thu, 29 Apr 1999 09:36:02 +1000 (EST) Received: (qmail 35186 invoked by uid 1000); 28 Apr 1999 23:36:02 -0000 From: "Andrew Reilly" Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 09:36:02 +1000 To: Joe Abley Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding desktop support Message-ID: <19990429093602.A35123@gurney.reilly.home> References: <199904282017.NAA01044@dingo.cdrom.com>; <19990429083638.B34373.kithrup.freebsd.hackers@gurney.reilly.home> <199904282244.PAA28325@kithrup.com> <19990429112538.D81921@clear.co.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <19990429112538.D81921@clear.co.nz>; from Joe Abley on Thu, Apr 29, 1999 at 11:25:38AM +1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Apr 29, 1999 at 11:25:38AM +1200, Joe Abley wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28, 1999 at 03:44:47PM -0700, Sean Eric Fagan wrote: > > Putting icons in the executable itself is pretty stupid -- it's a single > > instance of something that a window manager can use, and there are much > > less-invasive ways of doing the same thing. > > What's invasive about it? It breaks the multi-user ownership/protection model. Regarding your comment about PGP signatures: the reason that we don't need them is that for someone to be able to modify a (system) executable on FreeBSD, they have to already be root on your system. If they're root, they can do anything. -- Andrew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message