On Sunday January 12 2003 23:01, you wrote: > As previously stated, Administrator is probably the most common user (or > > > users given admin equiv) in Windows. I don't foresee this changing when > > Linux becomes more popular with less technical users. > > less technical users will use whatever they are given. it's the people in > the middle that scare me, as they often know enough to get around defaults > but not enough to know when not to.
Any good administrator needs not work as root. A good administrator will have completely encrypted file systems and work as user with the least privileges of all. Except the administrator will have the password for encryptions. And, any GOOD administrator never does HIS work on a computer connected to the network. The files needed are copied, unencrypted, and then problems solved. And then the same administrator will put the necessary files back in place as root while ports are closed and all others are snuffed. : )
