On 2019-09-27 08:53, Dan Purgert wrote:
> On Sep 27, 2019, Didier Kryn wrote:
>> Le 27/09/2019 à 11:45, Dan Purgert a écrit :
>> > On Sep 27, 2019, Didier Kryn wrote:
>> > > Le 27/09/2019 à 00:25, Steve Litt a écrit :
>> > > > Show of hands: Who ever perceived a problem with using /etc/passwd,
>> > > > /etc/shadow, and /etc/group? They just worked .
>> > >
>> > >     Imagine a computer with no user, just root, and an empty /home
>> > > directory. You plug in your USB disk and, automatically, your disk is
>> > > mounted under /home /and you become a user of this laptop/ - no need
>> > > to have root priviledge and enter your name and password in the
>> > > database. There's nothing precious on the computer, except the
>> > > contents of /your/ disk.
>> > So, now we're implicitly trusting $distro to maintain security for us,
>> > and $initsystem to not include a small hook to send telemetry back to
>> > $distro?
>>
>>     Sorry, I don't understand (~: didn't we /explicitely/ expect that
>> from
>> *nix, Linux, sysv-init, rc scripts, etc?
>
> Oops, I meant "systemd" not, "$initsystem".
>

Sigh . . . If only Devuan development could generate the participation
and enthusiasm that the silliness of systemd bashing does . . .

golinux