[X-Unix] Re: Leopard Short Name Issue

[David Ledger]

At 08:00 -0800 23/1/08, Richard Hartman wrote:
>Thanks for teaching me about this tool, though. I would never have 
>imagined there were 44 "Users" lurking under the hood on this little 
>stripped-down system!

Making individual services run as different users makes it that more 
difficult for security to be breached. If a bug is found and an 
outsider can crack in and take over, say, the printing system, they 
still can't get at the main OS.

David


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