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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: privileged user in RedHat Date: Mon, 2 Sep 2024 15:18:52 +0200 Lines: 28 Message-ID: <siqgqkxutn.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <20240828082101.617dadf2@dorfdsl.de> <u82cnVISw_fySlP7nZ2dnZfqnPSdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <varans$5b0$2@tncsrv09.home.tnetconsulting.net> <vb15a4$1dlt4$9@dont-email.me> <vb25r6$l0f$1@tncsrv09.home.tnetconsulting.net> <vb2u4g$1lsoa$2@dont-email.me> <ljkqkjFqi63U4@mid.individual.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net l/5fwywv2ZrmvHmf+7i+DQeFoUjLW2ONNwPubEq/mY3o/IwUe3 X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:LkXwdVGroY07JRQXLFj+sK0QT28= sha256:MNz/xir/w18vj0iTID9xONskNEJyQsGX762k7O9SyZM= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <ljkqkjFqi63U4@mid.individual.net> Bytes: 1913 On 2024-09-02 05:44, rbowman wrote: > On Sun, 1 Sep 2024 23:42:09 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> On Sun, 1 Sep 2024 11:47:34 -0500, Grant Taylor wrote: >> >>> On 9/1/24 02:32, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >>> >>>> So it takes the root user two steps to modify/delete that file, >>>> instead of one. >>> >>> Sometimes that extra step is all that's needed to prevent processes >>> from falling off the rails. >> >> To guard against accidents, yes. >> >> To guard against malice, no. > > > I forget which distro it was but if you ran as root the wallpaper turned > to a bright red field with cartoon style bombs with lit fuses. One > picture... It happened with an old openSUSE or SUSE version, long ago. Could be version 7. -- Cheers, Carlos.