Sujet : Re: privileged user in RedHat
De : 186283 (at) *nospam* ud0s4.net (186282@ud0s4.net)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.miscDate : 29. Aug 2024, 06:57:38
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On 8/28/24 2:33 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
On 8/28/24 03:01, Marco Moock wrote:
On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 03:53:18 -0400 "186282@ud0s4.net"
<186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
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On 8/28/24 2:21 AM, Marco Moock wrote:
Hello!
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Is there any definition for the word "privileged user" in the Linux
(especially RedHat) environment?
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User 'root' is the only, initially, "privileged user".
But root can assign other users certain privileges.
Ergo my word 'initially'.
Yes, you CAN assign a vast number of 'elevated' privs
for any user. My concern for newbies is that they may
go too far that way - compromising security.
You CAN make Linux as horribly insecure as Winders.