Don't need to run as root, you are a sudoer? All one needs to do it run it from the desktop in KDE or Gnome and it will happily prompt you for access!
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PLUG HACKFESTS 2nd Saturday Each Month@Noon - 3PM
> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:53:16 -0700
> Subject: Re: HackFest Linux Security Series: Happy Valentines Day - How to Create a Linux Virus in Five Minutes "Required Reading for the Enlightened MailLister"
> From: cryptworks@gmail.com
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>
> But how many ppl run with near root like access?
>
> Here not many but my first nix box I did..
>
> And isn't the partial point of hack fest to get ppl going?
>
>
> On 2/13/09, Sharkscott <sharkscott@gmail.com> wrote:
> > *That's the *whole point* of using *nix! A user cannot kill the *system*.
> > That is the whole point....*
> >
> > And that is something that they will just never never get.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Jason <jasons@spatafore.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Umm, no offense, but this article is a ton of "if-then-else" type
> >> thinking.
> >>
> >> "You can...no, really, you can...if..."
> >>
> >> I love the line about "Just because it can't affect the whole system
> >> doesn't mean it can't cause damage."
> >>
> >> That's the *whole point* of using *nix! A user cannot kill the *system*.
> >> That is the whole point....
> >>
> >> Lisa, I think you sent this just to get people going....:)
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 16:43 +0000, Lisa Kachold wrote:
> >> > On Friday the 13th, the end of the universe as we know it, right
> >> > before Valentines Day attachment madness, we examine the techno-urban
> >> > myth "Linux is more secure than Windows" with this excellent treatise
> >> > on linux security. It includes "Getting Root" and "pwning your
> >> > friends/enemies" in one easy click.
> >> >
> >> > obnosis.com | wiki.obnosis.com| (503)754-4452
> >> > PLUG HACKFESTS 2nd Saturday Each Month@Noon - 3PM
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> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
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