Daniel Pocock wrote: > It was also demonstrated with Windows 7 that users could be tricked by > web sites that simply dimmed the background of the browser window - so > it is not a perfect solution and I would personally prefer to see users > referred to initiate "su" or "sudo" on their own.
Initiate "su" or "sudo" as in from a terminal? Conditioning users to write commands in a terminal when prompted by a dialog sounds even worse than leaking passwords. At least leaking system passwords is less catastrophic when the system allows no remote login. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
