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Subject: Re: [9fans] newbie question
Date: Mon,  6 Feb 2006 21:21:49 +0100
From: uriel@cat-v.org
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> Hummm I meant... for each user. For instance, how can more than a user
> share a single plan9 machine (using time-slicing :) in a way a user
> can not bother others?
This is a FAQ, digging in the 9fans archives will find lots of discussion
about it. My conclusion is:

If you have access to the hardware, asking for a password is
naive at best, and deceiving at worst.

It is possible that some form of full disk encryption could help, but
no other 'mainstream' OSes do that AFAIK.

uriel


> 
> 2006/2/6, Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com>:
>> > Can there be a password challenge for a single machine (without any
>> > auth server in the net)?
>>
>> You could write a program and run it in termrc/cpurc if you
>> are worried.  The short answer is no.
>>
>> Russ
>>