17 Apr
2013
17 Apr
'13
7:44 p.m.
On 17/04/2013 18:13, Cory Smelosky wrote:
On 04/17/2013 12:37 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
So did old UNIX boxes in the days before X-Windows......
On 04/17/2013 12:29 PM, Cory Smelosky wrote:
They all do, in ways that the kid probably just can't comprehend...so
he assumes they aren't there.
Ah! Yeah, old mainframes didn't have a GUI where you could check a box
for who could access a file. ;)
>
*grabs popcorn bowl*
Most 21st century (even many 20th century) operating systems have
things called user permissions, file system permissions, ACLs and
much more, to just mention a few.
MTS for one has them! I don't particularly understand it yet, but it
has them! MTS has user permissions that you can specify when
using the function
to modify the user database.
(If you're curious why I keep mentioning MTS...connect a tn3270 to
dev.gimme-sympathy.org port 3270.)
You'll find people like this love to hang around on mailing lists
like
this one, which are full of both knowledgeable and opinionated people.
They throw little hand grenades like this into them for fun, usually
because they haven't figured out how to jerk the gherkin yet.
Ah. That explains it.
-Dave