James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
Systems like ubuntu setup an admin group with an entry in the
standard-distribution sudoers file, and then on installation, ask for
and create a user account (which is made a member of the admin group). I
don't remember whether or not they come right out and say that that
first user is an admin during the install.

Thus all future worms and viruses that require root privileges simply
need to add "sudo" before their command to execute themselves.

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