Re: root should be able to do anything... right???

[aphro <nate@firetrail.com>]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, David Wright wrote:

d.wrig >Err, wrong. Root can ignore ownership and permissions, but that's
d.wrig >about it. Any program that allowed root to do whatever it liked
d.wrig >would be insane.

there are kernel patches out there to restrict usage too..the patches i
use restrict access to important files like /bin/login can't be touched
without changing the kernel first ..

nate

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