Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.8 $; site convexs Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!convex!convexs!hosking From: hosking@convexs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Alternate Shells Message-ID: <49600007@convexs> Date: Sat, 24-Aug-85 05:06:00 EDT Article-I.D.: convexs.49600007 Posted: Sat Aug 24 05:06:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 26-Aug-85 01:15:41 EDT References: <10672@Glacier.ARPA> Lines: 14 Nf-ID: #R:Glacier.ARPA:-1067200:convexs:49600007:000:571 Nf-From: convexs.UUCP!hosking Aug 24 04:06:00 1985 > A rather poor reason to limit the usefulness of chsh. Haven't you > heard about "block" (also known as "lock", etc.) a program which requires > you to type in your password before letting you do anything? Next joke, please. Suffice it to say that "lock" isn't nearly as secure as it might lead you to believe. This probably isn't the place to go into the details of why, but I wouldn't trust the standard "lock" to protect anything I valued. Doug Hosking Convex Computer Corp. Richardson, TX {allegra, ihnp4, uiucdcs}!convex!hosking