[OpenIndiana-discuss] what command is used to start MATE?

[Alex Smith (K4RNT)]

$ pfexec bash

Problem solved.

" 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the
first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all
irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and
warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we’re all
damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star Trek: TNG
episode "The Drumhead"
- Alex Smith
- Lacey, Washington (Olympia, WA metropolitan area)


On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 3:33 PM Chris <oidev at bsdos.info> wrote:

> On 2021-01-19 14:57, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:
> > On Tue, 19 Jan 2021, Chris wrote:
> >> OK false alarm. It did NOT actually work.
> >> While it allowed me to "startx" and get a DE. It did NOT allow me to
> >> login. Apparently root has almost zero privileges on OI. So *who* is
> >> god on OI? It's "root" on every other NIX based OS.
> >
> > God is the first user added to the system and the rules as to if a user
> can
> > become
> > god is determined by the file /etc/user_attr.  This is one of the most
> > important
> > files in the system.  This is where priviledges come from and there are
> many
> > different priviledges.
> >
> > In Solaris root is normally a 'role' and does not accept logins.
> >
> > Even most Linux systems do not allow logins as 'root' any more.
> >
> > It is possible to edit this file such that root does accept logins, but
> that
> > is
> > not considered to be secure.
> Thank you very much for the clarification, Bob. :-)
>
> IMHO it is *not* the role of an OS to determine the security policy. As
> the
> OS
> knows near zero about the environment it runs in. OTOH the administrator
> *does*
> know the environment and *can* define the best policy. The OS should not
> dictate
> policy.
> If I as the admin knows the computer is locked down in a secure
> environment.
> There is no reason I, as the admin, shouldn't be allowed to login
> permanently
> as root. :-)
> I'm not arguing with you here, Bob. Just stating my opinion on security
> policy. :-)
> >
> > Bob
> Thanks again, Bob! :-)
>
> P.S. I *was* able to perform a fresh install, and do everything I mentioned
> before. But this time, I logged in as the user I created during install,
> and
> *unlike* all my previous attempts. It worked. :-)
>
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