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Re: [opensuse] Scary enough for Halloween...
- From: Anders Johansson <ajohansson@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 03:39:14 +0100
- Message-id: <200911050339.14171.ajohansson@xxxxxxx>
On Wednesday 04 November 2009 10:30:42 Basil Chupin wrote:
huh? Every linux user knows that when he downloads an executable program, he
has to do "chmod u+x" on it before he can execute it. At no point in this
advice is it said they have to su to root first. In file managers, the
interface allows you to change permissions on files to your heart's content.
So if by "duped" you mean "told repeatedly, on mailing lists and in
documentation", then yes, you have been duped
Anders
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So, the security in Linux is NOT what, for many years, I have believed
it to be.
I, and thousands of others, have been duped for all this time.
huh? Every linux user knows that when he downloads an executable program, he
has to do "chmod u+x" on it before he can execute it. At no point in this
advice is it said they have to su to root first. In file managers, the
interface allows you to change permissions on files to your heart's content.
So if by "duped" you mean "told repeatedly, on mailing lists and in
documentation", then yes, you have been duped
Anders
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