From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20090807130514.be094aaf.eekee57@fastmail.fm> References: <200908060052.55018.corey@bitworthy.net> <69fe8b38ab55744cd78f90fc2b2cd9f5@quintile.net> <20090807130514.be094aaf.eekee57@fastmail.fm> Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 09:29:25 -0300 Message-ID: From: Iruata Souza To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] a few Q's regarding cpu/auth server Topicbox-Message-UUID: 3c4eacae-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Ethan Grammatikidis wrote: > On Thu, 6 Aug 2009 11:33:18 +0100 > "Steve Simon" wrote: > >> I cannot imageine the senario where random people will have access >> to the cpu/auth/file server's consoles. It just doesn't happen >> if you are serious about security. >> >> However if you want to protect your console against your friends >> I wrote a script to do it /n/sources/contrib/steve/rc/conslock >> you may also want to look at screenlock(1) >> >> Incidentially I may use this at home to protect my servers console >> against my 2 year old who rather likes keyboards, though this is >> a different type of security. >> >> -Steve >> > > Speaking of family, I'd imagine a little password protection might go a long way to keeping > the peace in many families. Respect for siblings' property isn't exactly hard-wired into > human nature, is it? no password protection will suffice when ethics fails. iru