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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] Setting up Mail in Acme on the Raspberry Pi.
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:10:40 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e488aa7db69fc7206eb3c53996d17b5f@ladd.quanstro.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c5668875f5402f89ecad89bf6ba82019@proxima.alt.za>

On Mon Oct 27 12:34:58 EDT 2014, lucio@proxima.alt.za wrote:
> > one does not have to put eve in adm or especially sys.  in fact, i think this
> > makes one's system significantly less secure.
>
> It's complicated, in that access controls are enforced by distinct
> entities with potentially very distinct criteria.  Trying to conceive
> all possible combination of clients, servers and third-party
> authenticators can lead to massive migraines.

it's not complicated.  permissions work like unix.  there is simply
a lack of the unix requirement that the owner of the file server be
the owner of the cpu server.

certainly one could require different creds for the same user on
every host, but we don't do that.

- erik



  reply	other threads:[~2014-10-27 19:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 123+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-10-11 12:27 Mats Olsson
2014-10-11 13:31 ` Quintile
2014-10-12  7:28   ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-12  7:37     ` Quintile
2014-10-12 13:04       ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-12 14:18         ` Quintile
2014-10-12 14:23         ` Richard Miller
2014-10-12 18:18     ` Eduardo Alvarez
2014-10-12 18:36       ` Steve Simon
2014-10-12 18:58         ` Kurt H Maier
2014-10-13  0:53           ` kokamoto
2014-10-13 11:40             ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-13 14:28               ` p.d.finn
2014-10-13 16:07             ` erik quanstrom
2014-10-13 16:15         ` erik quanstrom
2014-10-13 16:46           ` Eduardo Alvarez
2014-10-13 23:55             ` Anthony Sorace
2014-10-14  2:41               ` Winston Kodogo
2014-10-14  2:51                 ` Kurt H Maier
2014-10-14  3:00                   ` Winston Kodogo
2014-10-14  3:08                     ` Skip Tavakkolian
2014-10-14  3:25                       ` Winston Kodogo
2014-10-14 19:09                       ` Wes Kussmaul
2014-10-14 20:03                         ` Skip Tavakkolian
2014-10-14 20:29                           ` Wes Kussmaul
2014-10-14 22:32                             ` Winston Kodogo
2014-10-14  9:09                 ` Steve Simon
2014-10-14 11:14                   ` Rudolf Sykora
2014-10-14 12:04                     ` Steve Simon
2014-10-14 12:23                     ` Anthony Sorace
2014-10-14 12:46                       ` Richard Miller
2014-10-14 15:20                       ` erik quanstrom
2014-10-14 15:22                     ` erik quanstrom
2014-10-14 16:08                       ` Rudolf Sykora
2014-10-14 17:29                         ` erik quanstrom
2014-10-14 18:40                         ` Anthony Sorace
2014-10-15  6:37                           ` Rudolf Sykora
2014-10-14 15:57                 ` erik quanstrom
2014-10-13 17:10           ` Bakul Shah
2014-10-13 19:01             ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-13 19:37             ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2014-10-15 12:21             ` trebol
2014-10-15 12:46               ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2014-10-15 13:00                 ` trebol
2014-10-19 19:43                   ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-19 22:26                     ` P. D. Finn
2014-10-20  7:04                       ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-20  7:28                         ` P. D. Finn
2014-10-20 11:11                           ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-20 11:34                             ` Steve Simon
2014-10-20 17:25                               ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-20 17:28                                 ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-20 17:32                                   ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-20 17:49                                     ` Quintile
2014-10-20 18:44                                       ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-21 12:21                                         ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-21 12:57                                           ` k0ga
2014-10-27 15:58                               ` erik quanstrom
2014-10-27 16:34                                 ` lucio
2014-10-27 19:10                                   ` erik quanstrom [this message]
2014-10-29 21:43                                     ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-29 21:48                                       ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-29 21:58                                       ` Steve Simon
2014-10-30 11:13                                         ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-30 14:08                                           ` Kurt H Maier
2014-10-30 14:18                                             ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-30 14:34                                               ` Kurt H Maier
2014-10-30 16:00                                           ` erik quanstrom
2014-10-30 16:11                                             ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-30 16:14                                               ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-31 10:26                                                 ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-31 10:51                                                   ` trebol
2014-10-31 10:59                                                   ` trebol
2014-10-31 12:04                                                     ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-31 13:09                                                   ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2014-10-31 13:30                                                     ` erik quanstrom
2014-10-31 14:29                                                       ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-31 18:09                                                       ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2014-11-04  4:24                                                         ` erik quanstrom
2014-11-04 14:27                                                           ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2014-11-05 18:21                                                             ` Mats Olsson
2014-11-05 18:26                                                               ` Mats Olsson
2014-11-05 18:38                                                                 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2014-11-05 18:55                                                                   ` Mats Olsson
2014-11-05 18:31                                                               ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2014-11-05 17:30                                                           ` Mats Olsson
2014-11-05 17:40                                                             ` Anthony Sorace
2014-11-05 18:19                                                               ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2014-11-06 13:41                                                                 ` erik quanstrom
2014-11-06 19:12                                                                   ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2014-11-07  9:27                                                                     ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-31 19:35                                           ` Quintile
2014-10-31 20:19                                             ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-31 21:14                                               ` Richard Miller
2014-10-31 21:53                                                 ` Mats Olsson
2014-11-03  8:54                                                   ` Mats Olsson
2014-11-03 23:49                                                     ` trebol
2014-11-03  8:57                                                   ` Mats Olsson
2014-11-04  4:06                                                     ` erik quanstrom
2014-11-01  0:14                                                 ` Anthony Martin
2014-11-01  8:16                                                   ` Mats Olsson
2014-11-01  8:34                                                   ` Skip Tavakkolian
2014-11-01 10:32                                                   ` Charles Forsyth
2014-11-01 12:24                                     ` Charles Forsyth
2014-11-04  4:12                                       ` erik quanstrom
2014-10-21 12:58 Steve Simon
2014-10-22  9:06 ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-22 10:32   ` Charles Forsyth
2014-10-22 10:35     ` Charles Forsyth
2014-10-22 12:24       ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-22 13:29         ` Charles Forsyth
2014-10-22 13:59           ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-22 12:38   ` Steve Simon
2014-10-22 14:34   ` Kurt H Maier
2014-10-22 14:46     ` Charles Forsyth
2014-10-22 15:12       ` Kurt H Maier
2014-10-22 15:19         ` Mats Olsson
2014-10-22 18:14           ` Skip Tavakkolian
2014-10-22 20:04             ` Quintile
2014-10-23 20:45               ` Winston Kodogo
2014-10-23 20:57                 ` Charles Forsyth
2014-10-23 21:03                 ` Winston Kodogo
2014-10-24  6:50                   ` Mats Olsson

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