Michael Toomim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Why do crackers attack unix and email virii attack windows? The > former want a server, the latter want a ubiquitous operating > environment -- end of story. The root/user separation has nothing to > do with why windows users are plagued by things like the I Love You > virus.
Although, it perhaps hasn't, in fact it has anyway. Most Unix software has a much longer tradition for thinking about security. The root/user separation is in some way part of this, although I to some extent agree with your point that the personal data is much more important than any of the system files. For a multi-user system, there is quite a lot of difference between your own data and everyone's data, though. If you screw up as root, you can affect everyone; not so if you screw up as yourself only. -- Ole Laursen http://www.cs.auc.dk/~olau/
