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100705 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Monday 05 July 2010 09:39:50 Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>> You must have a lot of X problems to make it worth the hassle of the extra |
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>> steps each you boot up. What's wrong with dropping back to a text login |
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>> on the odd occasions that X or the DE fails to start? |
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> And what about this security risk: |
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> 1. lock screen |
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> 2. go away somewhere |
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> 3. ivan the russian spammer walks by, presses ctrl-alt-f1 |
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> 4. ivan the russian spammer presses ctrl-c |
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> 5. ivan the russian spammer is now *you* |
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> 6. god help you if you ran sudo in the last 5 minutes |
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Only if you're in a cubicle: in your own lockable office or at home, no. |
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