Re: Lindows Issues

From: KF (dotslashat_private)
Date: Thu Jul 18 2002 - 10:10:39 PDT

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This is correct ... your default user is the equiv of root.
-KF


McAllister, Andrew wrote:

>An article in InfoWorld yesterday said that the Lindows user defaults to root privs (if not actually root). I don't have a copy to verify, maybe you can? That alone seems like enough of a security problem to me.
>
>Andrew McAllister
>University of Missouri
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: sec daddy [mailto:secdaddybat_private]
>>Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 9:51 AM
>>To: vuln-devat_private
>>Subject: Lindows Issues
>>
>>
>>Has anyone done research on the security of Lindows? 
>>There appear to be application level exploits with MS
>>programs that run on Lindows, consistent with Windows.
>> I'm more curious about O/S level exploits.
>>
>snip
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