On Monday 27 Jul 2009 10:57:57 pm Cyril Chacko wrote: > Today a friend of mine showed me a security feature in Windows XP, which to > my knowledge is not available under Linux.(Please tell me I am wrong). > > So here goes, he showed me a security feature in Windows XP wherein the > user can setup a custom access to their own files and restrict access to > others, including Adminstrators.
coolness - so a disgruntled employee can lock out the owner. Is this security? is it a feature? It is a stupid flaw. It is axiomatic that root can access everything - this is the only way a system can be secure. -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate NRC-FOSS http://nrcfosshelpline.in/web/ -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
