Comment Re:No Root? (Score 1) 170
No, you are not way off here. That could be a security risk. Although, if this 'secure' distro has all net ports closed at install, then this would not be a problem, as there would be no feasible way to remotely gain access to such a system.
In this case, the security risk does not come from the 'net', it comes from a user working at the computer. For example.. maybe this new linux user just learns the rm command and wants to test it. Well, 'rm /etc/passwd' could be dangerous then, because any user at the computer would have root permissions.
Maybe a better idea would be to let a user set the root password and also have him/her make an unprivilaged user. This unprivilaged user would then be autologed into X with their desktop environment of choice. From here, a user could 'su' as root and make any important system changes needed.
No OS has ever been totally 'safe' from a new users musings. Good things happen and bad things happen. Such is life and human behavior. This does not mean that we cannot make it a little more diffucult for bad things to happen though!
In this case, the security risk does not come from the 'net', it comes from a user working at the computer. For example.. maybe this new linux user just learns the rm command and wants to test it. Well, 'rm
Maybe a better idea would be to let a user set the root password and also have him/her make an unprivilaged user. This unprivilaged user would then be autologed into X with their desktop environment of choice. From here, a user could 'su' as root and make any important system changes needed.
No OS has ever been totally 'safe' from a new users musings. Good things happen and bad things happen. Such is life and human behavior. This does not mean that we cannot make it a little more diffucult for bad things to happen though!
