Sujet : Re: privileged user in RedHat
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.miscDate : 02. Sep 2024, 01:42:09
Autres entêtes
Organisation : A noiseless patient Spider
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On Sun, 1 Sep 2024 11:47:34 -0500, Grant Taylor wrote:
On 9/1/24 02:32, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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So it takes the root user two steps to modify/delete that file,
instead of one.
Sometimes that extra step is all that's needed to prevent processes from
falling off the rails.
To guard against accidents, yes.
To guard against malice, no.