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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: There he goes again Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 14:46:42 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 16 Message-ID: <op.2qls34exa3w0dxdave@hodgins.homeip.net> References: <v69its$3dons$1@dont-email.me> <sG6s8v.B6nB@yahoo.com> <v6ar7b$3ngh6$2@dont-email.me> <v6ci5t$oq$1@dont-email.me> <v6cr5s$1kfb$1@dont-email.me> <leug5rFgsj3U2@mid.individual.net> <v6d3qp$6ida$1@dont-email.me> <leuictFjmlhU1@mid.individual.net> <v6f35v$gmj7$2@dont-email.me> <lf1052FudliU1@mid.individual.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 20:47:22 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="75a11c3e5734b38dcb22e3aae46c3eee"; logging-data="1049039"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18omt5+pi1klS9RK3mvxJA8cN656l8hivM=" User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ySBwdm3lI60YByyyxn7WJ2m94zE= Bytes: 1863 On Sun, 07 Jul 2024 22:10:42 -0400, vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote: > So you don't think there should be GUI tools to manage disk > partitions, filesystems, and indeed, anything managed > with uid 0? Really? > > Sounds elitist. The command line tools work just as well. Avoiding gui applications when running as root reduces the risk of malware by reducing the attack surface. Specifically it protects against supply chain attacks that succeeds in planting malware in gtk or qt. Whether it's appropriate or not depends on your security needs. Regards, Dave Hodgins