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What other users? Pretty much all today's systems, either personal or server, are single user.
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What other users?
Pretty much all today's systems, either personal or server, are single user.
- SoftTalker 4y ago"Real People" users yes, now that most "systems" are containers or VMs, the number of users that are real people might be one or even often zero. But most linux services run under their own user identities, so even in that case you will likely have several if not dozens of users on a typical server, the idea being that if the "nginx" user is compromised, the "postgres" user is still safe. Also why it was a bad idea to have services running as "root" (or "system") as was more common a decade or two ago.
- Karellen 4y agoPlenty of households have lots of people using their own phone for social media and other consumption, but a shared laptop for times when a phone just isn't enough. Not everyone can afford a laptop per family member.