Re: What's left over.

[Dax Kelson]

On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 00:10, Alexander Viro wrote:
> 
> 
> On 30 Oct 2002, Dax Kelson wrote:
> 
> > Without ACLs, if Sally, Joe and Bill need rw access to a file/dir, just
> > create another group with just those three people in.  Over time, of
> 
> If Sally, Joe and Bill need rw access to a directory, and Joe and Bill
> are using existing userland (any OS I'd seen), then Sally can easily
> fuck them into the next month and not in a good way.

I think the normal intent is to let Sally, Joe, and Bill have their own
private directory protected from THE REST OF THE USERS.

If a member of your trusted circle goes rogue, then, yup you are screwed
for the moment. It shouldn't last a whole month though.

That is what backups, and employment termination is for.

Dax