On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 9:34 AM, Matthew Garrett <m...@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 04:09:15PM +1100, James Morris wrote: > > > Many users limit their use of the root account to essential system > > maintenance, and run general purpose applications as a regular > > unprivileged user. > > I know basically nobody who, on a generally single user system, > explicitly switches to a console to log in as root and perform package > installs there. I do! And I tell everyone else too, so they learn/understand the difference between 'god' and a 'mere mortal user' (ie. root and anyone else). > If you're not doing that then the issue is basically > moot - a user-level compromise will become a root-level compromise the > next time you run anything as root. > ... snip ...
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