[Coco] OS-9 security

Willard Goosey goosey at virgo.sdc.org
Fri Oct 23 15:45:12 EDT 2009


On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:10:22PM -0500, Sean wrote:
> Wow, that is actually something that never occurred to me...  Yes,
> anyone at a serial terminal with the command line could definitely
> wreak some havoc!

>From what little I played with OS-9 LII as a multiuser machine, the
security systems (such as the owner/public file permissions) do work.
The parts that are present, anyway. 

According to what I've read, OSK people routinely run their machines
as multiuser.  What changes from 6x09 were there, in terms of
security?

Willard
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