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James Miller wrote:
>
> would you foresee BL users creating an unpriviledged 
> user who might invoke Opera or other internet programs 
> when those need to be run?  

If they want to.  Some BL3 users have wanted the ability 
to use a non-root user.  So, it's now available as an add-on.

> 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?  

That's precisely what happens when you install passwd.tgz
-- the next time you boot BL3, you get the login prompt.

> Any problems one might encounter trying to run any binaries 
> as this unpriviledged user?  

Just the usual permission problems.

Cheers,
Steven