[Coco] setuid? wasRe: Telnet to your CoCo.. and invite 6 of your friends

[Dave Kelly]

Aaron Wolfe wrote:

> I think this reflects the attitude towards computer security,
> especially on micros, at the time OS-9 was created.  Basically, more
> of a feature than a requirement.  Having a simple way to change user
> ID was probably more useful to the typical 6809 system owner than
> having strict security.  Many 6809 systems were single user, and as
> far as I know none of them were connected to potentially hostile
> networks.  You would typically have family or maybe employees as your
> users.   Ease of programming and keeping the kernel small is more
> important than enforcing tight security.

You shouldn't discount that OS9 was  originally an industrial operating 
system for running particle accelerators, traffic  control systems, cell 
phones and thing not necessarily connected to a network.

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