Hi , Arko
in the X term and connect to the net.
> Is that safe??
That is not safe at all since you are working as root. The x-term is also
working as root since you open it as a root then su to another user that mean
2 instance of x-term is working & one of them is as root , so if some one can
reach it he will get the system
> Can we make a program that can, own its own change its own terminal and
> start working in another?
This is not very mch clear to me.
Anirban Biswas.
On Wednesday 01 Jan 2003 07:10, Arko Provo Mukherjee wrote:
> Hello guys,
>
> I know very little C programming (I learn it in school as it is in class
> XII Computer Science syllabus.)
>
> Very recently someone in the mailing list was talking about C programs
> in Linux and I felt that I would like to ask you something on that.
>
> Can we make a program that can, own its own change its own terminal and
> start working in another?
> If this is possible then a virus can check whether in any terminal an
> user is logged in as root and can go to that terminal and create a mess
> of the system.
>
> I am not asking this question to make a virus though!!
> Actually, very often I log in as root in a terminal and log in as user
> in the X term and connect to the net.
> Is that safe??
>
> regards
> arko
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