On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 10:07, Steve Brorens wrote:
> BTW I'd go so far as to say that the Windows (NT/W2K/XP/.NET) NTFS permission > structure is overall far superior to Linux <ducks flames>, BUT the How exactly ? > problem is not generally the architecture; instead it's the attidude > of *both* the vendor and the user-base to security. I'm very new to > Linux, but it seems clear that: > > - a "default install" of Linux from most distros is not particularly secure Compared to what ? Anyway, don't generalise, be specific, email the problem to the person responsible (usually easily found), and guess what ? They'll fix it. > - many users of desktop Linux will spend a significant amount of time logged in as >root I hope not. In fact i have friends whose machines i have not even given them the root password to. They just use it. > If Linux was ever to take off in the desktop space it would become pretty >monocultural as well. I doubt it. > Users are just not familier with the notion of having to logoff, back in as > Supervisor/Administrator/Root, install software, logout and back in. Um, yes you are new to linux. Try a 'man su', then 'man sudo' in a shell. Most package admin utilities will pop up a window asking for the root password when you launch them. > Simple and obvious to you and me, but 90% of experienced computer > users have never faced this. Therein lies the problem. It's Better Manually (tm). Rex
