Re: [RFC] User Accesable Filesystem Hierarchy Standard

[Robert Marcano <robert marcanoonline com>]

On Sat, 2004-03-27 at 18:34, Gary L Greene Jr wrote:
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> This is a proposal for a standard to accommodate the accessibility of the 
> filesystem by end-users. We request discussion on this as a new standard. The 
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> http://www.csis.gvsu.edu/~abreschm/uafhs/

I am sure that the filesystem can be arranged in order to make it more
easy to use to the desktop user, Your ideas of a shared directory is
nice, but letting the user "Easily install software without escalating
their privileges" is something that I don't like. The only way that I
like a shared directory is if it is mounted from a filesystem with the
"noexec" flag.

I think that the software installation can be made easy with the help of
a better "Add/Remove Programs", and the security aspect could be
enhanced with the help of a SELinux policy for this program(s) (I am not
an expert in SELinux, so I could be wrong)

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> I am a member of the Ark Linux team, who is interested in seeing the Linux 
> desktop become a viable option. I apologize for the cross-posting.
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> Gary L. Greene, Jr.
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Robert Marcano