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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

This is an interesting addition, Steven.  Thanks for adding it.  Could you 
provide some directives on how these could/should be used?  For example, 
would you foresee BL users creating an unpriviledged user who might invoke 
Opera or other internet programs when those need to be run?  That seems 
like it might provide the easiest way to use these utilities.  Since BL3 
has no login--or rather is set to auto-login root--there seems no way to 
log into a BL session as such a user.  Or, additionally, is there some way 
the system can be tweaked so that a login prompt appears on boot?  I 
suppose, since su is included, a user could initiate a BL session in the 
normal way (hit enter to activate the console) and then su to the 
unpriviledged user, then startx and run other programs.  Would something 
like that work as well?  Any problems one might encounter trying to run 
any binaries as this unpriviledged user?  Anyway, this looks like a good 
enhancement to me.

Thanks, James

On Wed, 17 May 2006, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> I've just uploaded a new add-on for BL3.
> It adds user logins and passwords.
> The following executables are included:
> --------
> addgroup
> adduser
> delgroup
> deluser
> getty
> login
> passwd
> su
> -------
> They are statically compiled so this package
> will not interfere with the ability of BL3
> to boot without libraries.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
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