Michael Toomim <toomim@uclink4.berkeley.edu> wrote: > I don't buy it. Most desktop computers (dos, win95/98, early macs) > don't even have a "root" concept, and all users have root-equivalent > power -- yet I've *never* met a person who deleted their system files > because they had root access. (I've been admin for a lot of systems.) > This just isn't a problem that comes it in practice. I've seen several cases of users that messed up their system. But a main reason there are no virusses for unix systems is that users are not root. I don't think that should be changed... Hylke -- Hi, I'm a signature virus. plz set me as your signature and help me spread :)
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