Jeff Tickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > So on the Apple, does the user set the root password at some point? You
Nope. They have a concept of 'administrative' users. These users can use sudo (from the command line) or authenticate through the GUI when root-ish powers are needed. Now, you -can- enable the root account and give it a password, but it's a bunch of hoops, and noob's will never do it. > make a good point that there are still good vulnerabilities in the home > directory. I didn't think of those, and there's no real way around > them. And you'll always indeed have the very few people (but enough) > who install that cool program that "Bob" sent them. I don't suppose > there's any real good way of getting around the problem... A very tight SELinux setup might pull it off, but it'd be annoying enough that regular users wouldn't use it. > Oh well. It was just a thought. Possibly still not a bad idea, but > definitely not a 100% effective solution. Though, there is something to be said for an 80% solution... Mike -- "If life hands you lemons, YOU BLOW THOSE LEMONS TO BITS WITH YOUR LASER CANNONS!" -- Brak GNUPG Key fingerprint = ACD2 2F2F C151 FB35 B3AF C821 89C4 DF9A 5DDD 95D1 GNUPG Key = http://www.enoch.org/mike/mike.pubkey.asc
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