On Sun, 29 Oct 2023, at 20:51, Paul Gilmartin wrote: > On Wed, 18 Oct 2023 17:08:27 -0700, Tom Brennan wrote: > >>In my tests, symlinks (mklink command) needs admin auth to create. That >>would scare people I think. >> > ??? Feels like a silly restriction. Is there a reason for it? Integrity?
If this is the sort of link that lets someone define a sort of shortcut with one name that points to a file with a completely different name, but doesn't clearly indicate that (in File Explorer for example) ... then it's surely something that malware would be likely to do to disguise its elements. Bear in mind that Windows already defaults to not showing file extensions in File Explorer - lunacy in my view. So it's probably to protect naive users. -- Jeremy Nicoll - my opinions are my own. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
