Re: [PLUG] Linux Virus Writing HOWTO

[Jim Foster <jif@computer.org>]

This doesn't match my experience.  None of the users on my system have 
administrator privileges, they are "domain users", yet they do worthwhile 
work every day.  I don't _want_ users installing applications themselves, 
that's what sys admins are for.

Security in Win2k/XP is very good, but it does require proper setup.


At 11:56 PM 3/16/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> Unfortunately, you still need to have Administrator privileges to do
> anything worthwhile on Win2K, as well as Win.NET Server/XP. You cannot
> install any programs (since InstallShield just *HAS* to screw with the
> Registry), nor change any system-wide environment variables nor start
> any service without having administrator priviledges. In UNIX, none of
> these are true, since I can install StarOffice or XMMS or any other app
> in my home directory if I feel like it. Those ACL schema in Win2K are a
> good idea, but Microsoft misimplemented them and they are going to
> waste.

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