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. -- Stephen Cope - http://sdc.org.nz/ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
