On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 23:33 -0700, Petrus de Calguarium wrote: > it's my computer and I'm the only user, so password or not, I am BOTH > me and root, anyway. > > Do you really think it matters? What could happen, aside from making > me think a few nanoseconds longer before executing a command?
Simple scenario: You view some webpage that exploits a weakness in your web browser. With no way for it to get root access, all it can do is mess up *YOUR* files. But with root access, it can do *anything*, including silently install a rootkit. -- [...@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.15-78.2.23.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- fedora-list mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
