Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 20:12:33 -0700 From: "David G . Andersen" <danderse@cs.utah.edu> To: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> Cc: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: make world and setuid bits Message-ID: <20020328201233.A31300@cs.utah.edu> In-Reply-To: <200203290255.g2T2tqi09556@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>; from wollman@lcs.mit.edu on Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 09:55:52PM -0500 References: <20020328121850.D97841@blossom.cjclark.org> <20020328161518.R5333-100000@walter> <20020328174304.L97841@blossom.cjclark.org> <200203290255.g2T2tqi09556@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
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Garrett Wollman just mooed:
>
> > passwd(1), at(1), crontab(1), login(1), su(1), some or most of those
> > would be required for almost any multiuser installation.
>
> Actually, only passwd is required for most users. People who are not
> administrators have no need for at, crontab, or su, and the only
> process which normally runs login is getty.
People who are not administrators or clueful have no need
for at or crontab. They're exceptionally handy for even mere
users, particularly when said users are geeks. Keeping network
measurements alive, rotating your web guestbook, etc.
-Dave
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