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[Discuss] can one safely login multiple times to the same user on a modern Linux desktop?



On Thu, Sep 06, 2012 at 12:49:17PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote:
> If you don't truly NEED the additional security -- and let's be clear,
> there are environments for which that IS true, but most of us don't
> work in one of those -- logging out every day is stupid.

Sorry, this was poorly worded.  Logging out every day is a fine
practice, if you can afford the loss of state.  Forcing everyone to do
it is stupid.

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Derek D. Martin    http://www.pizzashack.org/   GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02
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