On Thursday 29 January 2004 12:47 am, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 08:50:38PM -0500, Adam Aube wrote: > > Migrating them to a new OS won't help - only education will. > > No, but it'll likely go a long way in limiting damage if they're not > root.
It may limit the damage - but it will not completely alleviate the problem. For example, imagine a technically clueless user receives a message similar to this: "Check out this great game! It requires root access to install, though, so when prompted, enter your root password to install the game!" If a user will open a random zip file they received in their email and run its contents, they will certainly enter their root password when prompted to do so. Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]