Sujet : Re: privileged user in RedHat
De : robin_listas (at) *nospam* es.invalid (Carlos E.R.)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.miscDate : 02. Sep 2024, 15:18:52
Autres entêtes
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On 2024-09-02 05:44, rbowman wrote:
On Sun, 1 Sep 2024 23:42:09 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
On Sun, 1 Sep 2024 11:47:34 -0500, Grant Taylor wrote:
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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.
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Sometimes that extra step is all that's needed to prevent processes
from falling off the rails.
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To guard against accidents, yes.
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To guard against malice, no.
I forget which distro it was but if you ran as root the wallpaper turned
to a bright red field with cartoon style bombs with lit fuses. One
picture...
It happened with an old openSUSE or SUSE version, long ago. Could be version 7.
-- Cheers, Carlos.
privileged user in RedHat
Re: privileged user in RedHat