begin quoting gossamer axe as of Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 12:18:19PM -0700: > > I think some of the people who argue these things lose sight of the > > practical. For example, I know that the FBI or a competent locksmith [snip] > Thats when you adopt a large dog, that barks alot... 90+ lbs is preferrable. > > iirc, I thought that with Linspire V they fixed the "root" thing and > now you enter a non-privleged user account to use on a regular basis > when it's installed. It was discussed at a LUG meeting a few months > ago. They apparently now "allow" it, so you don't /have/ to have a root-only account. It's a matter of emphasis, I suppose.
> Whatever account Robertson chooses to login as on his computer is his > own business. Apparently not. Actually, it was his claim that for a single-user box, there's no difference, security-wise, between root and non-root. -Stewart "We need two monitors, one for the system, one for user" Stremler
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