N3TQV wrote:
> Mr.Smith (If indeed, that is your REAL name ;*) )
It's especially fun checking into hotels. I walk in, look guilty and say
"Smith".
> Thanx for the reply. I'll try that. As to your comment that the root
> account is rarely required, I still spend a lot of time in the root
> account on Linux. I hate the feeling of being shut out of my own system!
> Comes from my old DOS days, I guess. Thanx again.
You're never shut out if you're logged in as an admin. Sure, you may
need to issue the "sudo" command but that's all part of the security of
not running as root. Security isn't just password protecting something
but also making sure that someone else's processes don't run as root as
well as preventing accidents.
Actually, on Mac OS X, you should run as a Standard user and you will be
prompted for your admin name and password to make system changes
(installing applications, etc.). You still rarely need to ever log in as
root or even as an admin. I work in a group administering nearly 400
Macs in a cor****ate environment and have never had to log in with the
root account on a user's machine.
In the Windows world the same best practices apply and are even more
im****tant. Running as a non-admin means that a virus or piece of malware
can not execute beyond the user's own privileges.
--
bill
William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>
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