Depends on the use case, for a lot of people it would not matter that
much. I had some ftp users for a while, that was about it, for multi
user.
On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 20:55:40 -0500,
Kirk Reiser wrote:
>
> Hey folks: Whenever folks start to talk about permissions and using
> things as individual users or system wide the notion of keeping them
> valid for multi-users system are paramount. I wonder how many of you
> actually user linux mechines as a multi-user box?
>
> Back when I kept various Unix like machines for students and the
> public in the eighties and nineties they were pretty well all used as
> multi-user systems. Since linux became readily available over the
> years I don't think I've ever seen one actually used as a multi-user
> machine. I'm trying to figure out whether it is really important to
> keep the availability present or if we might be crippling the
> community by insisting on it?
>
> The ongoing argument about whether pulse audio running in system mode
> or individual mode is a perfect example of what I'm wondering
> about. I'm sure there many other examples that could be dragged
> up. Your opinions would be interesting to hear.
>
> Kirk
>
>
>
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