Suppressing logins

[warlord at MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)]

Well, users of NT or MacOSX certainly understand the concept of
administrator priviledges.  OTOH, you can assign admin privs
to any account; you don't have to be logged in as "administrator".

The easiest way I've learned to explain it to people is: Your login
is a way for the computer to personalize itself to your likings, so
that you and [XXX] can't have the computer look and feel how each
of you want it to.

-derek

"Jerry Feldman" <gaf at blu.org> writes:

> As a long time Unix user, I can't conceive of a system where logins are not used. 
> 
> At the installfest, Pamela King wanted to know if there was a way to suppress the need for a login. 
> (I know that I can write a replacement for login and getty) I don't know of a simple way to configure 
> a Linux system not to require a login. I know that Pamela and many other Windows and Mac 
> people don't understand what a login is, and the concept of a priviledged user vs. a regular user. 
> Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
> Associate Director
> Boston Linux and Unix user group
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