Password-protecting fedora.

[Jeff Vian]

Maynard Kuona wrote:

>-----Original Message-----
>From: fedora-list-admin at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-list-admin at redhat.com] On
>Behalf Of Tom Needs a Hat Mitchell
>Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 10:38 AM
>To: fedora-list at redhat.com
>Subject: Re: Password-protecting fedora.
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>On Sun, Mar 07, 2004 at 09:01:20AM +0100, Sturla Holm Hansen wrote:
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>>I know about the built-in security, I was just asking if it was possible
>>to pw-protect evolution the way I described because then I wouldn't have
>>to lock my screen for leaving the computer for a few minutes and I
>>wouldn't have to log in with another account when somebody wanted to
>>borrow it for something...
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>>
This leads to the whole thing of
"I want to allow everyone around to use my computer/account but I want 
privacy on my mail."

Guess the OP needs to learn a few basic security practices.

When not at the computer either lock the screen or log off.
The only alternative that is feasible is don't use anything you don't 
want the world to see and don't give yourself access to anything you 
don't want the world to use.

Basic security on ANY pc is to do that, and to have a guest account of 
some form that casual users can use if you allow them to sit and use 
your computer unsupervised.

Having a separate account for casual users (snoopers) provides a means 
of tracking what is being done by them.  Allowing them to use *your 
account* means anything they do is recorded as being done by you.