From owner-freebsd-security Sat Sep 30 22:26:29 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 607C437B502 for ; Sat, 30 Sep 2000 22:26:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA12242; Sun, 1 Oct 2000 01:26:26 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from wollman) Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 01:26:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <200010010526.BAA12242@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Multiple userids, one user In-Reply-To: <20000930151436.D25121@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> References: <200009301842.e8UIgA543368@green.dyndns.org> <20000930151436.D25121@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org < said: > Why not just run each program under a different user? To some extent I do this. When I am forced to use a Web browser configured insecurely (which for some inexplicable reason always seems to involve managing my finances), I switch to another VT, log in as my alter ego, and do what I need to do. Of course, not even my alter ego gives a valid e-mail address to the Web browser.... -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message