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Any takers for a face-to-face showdown?

-Jim P.

On Thu, 2005-05-19 at 15:06 -0500, ChangingLINKS.com wrote:
> > A regular user can't write to the operating system's protected areas, or
> > kill off utilities that are used by the system, or any of that type of
> > crap.  If people in general ran as regular users, they wouldn't need to
> > lose their stuff all of the time.  They might be forced to lose it when
> > the hard disk drive dies or something like that, but not becuase of a
> > vulnerability that they would otherwise not needed to try to work around
> > becuase they were running as a regular user.  You want to make the
> > entire argument about data, well there you go.  There are reasons that
> > running as root can help to demolish your data, and yet again, you will
> > overlook and ignore them, no?
> >
> >  - Mike
> 
> I lost more data when I ran as a user. In fact, the only data I have ever lost 
> was during the time that I ran as a user. One thing that I think your camp is 
> overlooking is the fact that someone (like me) can run as root AND still 
> implement other features in the OS to protect from viruses, data loss and the 
> like.
> 
> THAT is why I put forth the challenge. To prove that I can run as root AND 
> brush off the problems that your camp poses - including ruining "the World"
> 
> Hope you all are backing out . . . .


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