Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> * Chris Taylor (2005-10-26 17:38 +0100)

>> Problem with that is that if the sysadmin knows what he's doing, it only
>> takes about 4 seconds to block off almost all possible ways of actually
>> editing the registry...
> 
> Definitely not. 


  Oh yes it does.  Start->Run->regedit.  Right-click the user's tree under
HKEY_USERS, choose Permissions, remove their write access leaving them a
read-only per-user registry tree.  Easily done in 4 seconds by an experienced
BOFH, and can't be reversed without admin rights!


    cheers,
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....


--
Unsubscribe info:      http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
Problem reports:       http://cygwin.com/problems.html
Documentation:         http://cygwin.com/docs.html
FAQ:                   http://cygwin.com/faq/

Reply via email to