On 2013-06-13, ???????????????? ???????????? <supp...@superhost.gr> wrote: > On 13/6/2013 5:16 ????, Zero Piraeus wrote: >> : >> >>> Steven, i can create a normal user account for you and copy files.py into >>> your home folder if you want to take a look from within. >> >> Nikos, please, DO NOT DO THIS. >> >> It must be clear to you that Steven is *much* more experienced than >> you. Your presumptions about what he can and can't do with the access >> you give him are therefore not much more than uninformed guesswork. > > But iam not offering Steven full root access, but restricted user > level access.
That's what you _think_ you're offering. Unless you're are a very careful, very experienced system admin -- and you're also lucky -- you're probably wrong. If not now, then you'll be wrong next week or next month when a new privelege elevation exploit is discovered for your OS. > Are you implying that for example one could elevate his privileges to > root level access form within a normal restricted user account? Yes, that's what he's implying. -- Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! I'm thinking about at DIGITAL READ-OUT systems gmail.com and computer-generated IMAGE FORMATIONS ... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list