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Authored by: Anonymous on Jun 15, '02 10:19:24PM

Root is a security hole!? LOL. Some of the Mac OS 9 users on here are quite funny.

Root is no more of a security hole than the Commander-in-Chief is a security hole in the US military.

If someone can run applications as root when they're not supposed to be able to, *THAT* is a security hole. If legitimate users can mess up their computer when logged in as root that is incompetence not a security hole.



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Authored by: nichrome on Jun 16, '02 05:11:26PM

Firstly, I have been running OS X prior to its public release, so this is no OS 9 user talk. Secondly, root is not a security hole per se, but when combined with a user who likens it to Mac OS 9's single user mode (ie. the ONLY usage mode), it could be (and would be) destructive. The user in combination with root is a security and file system integrity issue. That's exactly why root is disabled by default. Also, assuming that BSD's various known security issues haven't been brought over to Darwin is just plain naive.



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Authored by: Anonymous on Jun 17, '02 08:19:55AM

I agree with everything you've said there. In particular, the part of your post that said 'root is not a security hole'. Cheers.



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