REALLY... What should the password/security/userinfo/login system include?

Peter da Silva peter at ficc.uu.net
Tue Dec 19 09:55:07 AEST 1989


Hey folks, flaming about security is fun. But it's not very interesting. How
about stepping back a few paces and looking at the subject line.

How about:
	Trashing /etc/group?
	Trashing most of /etc/passwd?
	Drastic changes to UNIX file semantics, like ACLs?
	How about file version numbers?
	How about file passwords?
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