On 4/20/05, Stewart Stremler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually, it was his claim that for a single-user box, there's no
> difference, security-wise, between root and non-root.

Looking back on it, I saw nowhere that Robertson limited his argument
to single user systems.  He did say, "There's no one area I think you
can point out where a machine that's run with the root user could be
compromised,"  and, "I defy anybody to tell me why is it more secure
to not run as root."

-todd
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