Mikkel Ellertson
But it is time to stop playing parent to everyone.
Geoff
Nope - we are not trying to play 'nanny'. If you do not see what
this has to do with security, then I feel sorry for you, and hope
that it is just your home system that you are putting at risk. The
defaults are to
R. G. Newbury wrote:
Of course you are playing nanny! You admit it in your response right
after you deny it. The defaults are to protect people that are learning.
That's my point. You are adding the job of nanny under the guise of
security. That is NOT security.
Geoff
I would be
R. G. Newbury wrote:
That's my point. You are adding the job of nanny under the guise of
security. That is NOT security.
Boy, this is getting old.
If you run as root, any bug that allows for remote code execution is
an immediate root compromise, with no need for any privilege
escalation. If
On Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:50:29 -0500
R. G. Newbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sorta like your mother probably did many times when you
were a child. But it is time to stop playing parent to
everyone.
That sums it up -- the nanny culture. I am very
conservative with my server (running Centos
No - GUIs run as root are not as secure. A bug that would be caught
when running as a user may not be caught when running as root.
A bug or a permissions error. Please explain how a BUG could or would
be treated differently depending on the user?
The more code you have running as root, the
--- On Sun, 12/7/08, R. G. Newbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: R. G. Newbury [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Root in FC10
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Date: Sunday, December 7, 2008, 12:50 AM
No - GUIs run as root are not as secure. A bug that
would be caught
when running as a user
R. G. Newbury wrote:
No - GUIs run as root are not as secure. A bug that would be caught
when running as a user may not be caught when running as root.
A bug or a permissions error. Please explain how a BUG could or would
be treated differently depending on the user?
Trying to read or
Fred Silsbee wrote:
well said!
Talking to yourself now?
Mikkel
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