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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sys5.r4
- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!ficc!peter
- From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
- Subject: Re: What is lacking in UNIX? (Re: UNIVEL MUST BE KIDDING!!!!!)
- Message-ID: <id.P4CW.IU@ferranti.com>
- Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
- References: <Bzqv2E.Ln8@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> <id.CS3W.9X8@ferranti.com> <Bzss9r.Ds8@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 21:10:30 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- In article <Bzss9r.Ds8@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst) writes:
- > In article <id.CS3W.9X8@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
- > >It's easier to type "rm /* .bak". And it's easier to boot off a floppy
- > >and copy command.com back in.
-
- > Since when do you store backup files in the root directory?
-
- Alternate kernal? Who knows. Remember, we're talking a system open to the
- public (sort of a turing test for PC software).
-
- > >I was also thinking of people naively messing with the system config files.
- > >I just had someone render a UNIX box unhappy by changing the root shell
- > >to /sbin/csh. With DOS if you do something like that, you can easily boot
- > >off floppy and fix it. With UNIX you need to have someone capable of
- > >cracking UNIX security, including making a custom boot floppy.
-
- > Well, with Unix you can boot off a floppy and fix it as well.
-
- You got a usable boot floppy with a comercial UNIX? I haven't seen one
- in a shipped commercial system since Microsoft Xenix. You generally have to
- duplicate the install floppy, mount it, and defang it before you can boot
- UNIX off a floppy. NOT for the naive user.
-
- > And you can deal with that either by getting used to having an
- > occasional lockout, or by reducing security. DOS cures the lockout
- > problem by not having security. I prefer a bit more secure approach.
-
- Me too, but we're not the market where the big bux are.
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