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Re: GNU login shell


From: Moritz Schulte
Subject: Re: GNU login shell
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 08:00:08 +0100
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Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> writes:

> We should probably make this the default for remote connections.

Why only for remote connections?  I don't see why local users should
be able to spy out system information just because we open the door
for them.

The Hurd is designed with security in mind and therefore might be more
secure than other Unix system one day.  But this login-shell is
probably the wrong way to go, IMHO.

                moritz
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