Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 09:36:02 +1000 From: "Andrew Reilly" <andrew@lake.com.au> To: Joe Abley <jabley@clear.co.nz> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding desktop support Message-ID: <19990429093602.A35123@gurney.reilly.home> In-Reply-To: <19990429112538.D81921@clear.co.nz>; from Joe Abley on Thu, Apr 29, 1999 at 11:25:38AM %2B1200 References: <199904282017.NAA01044@dingo.cdrom.com>; <19990429083638.B34373.kithrup.freebsd.hackers@gurney.reilly.home> <199904282244.PAA28325@kithrup.com> <19990429112538.D81921@clear.co.nz>
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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
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