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On Sunday 13 December 2009 20:16:11 James Knott wrote:
Now, how many normally log in as root? I rarely do, but when I need to do something as root, I'm asked for the password.
There is no need to be a root all the time to make a damage, it is enough to know password, which is what you, and every other user that installed openSUSE/Linux knows. User mentioned in the first post installed trojan as he knew all that is needed to install it, and he wanted to do that as he was duped to believe that it is a screen saver. You can call that stupid, but everyone wants something very much and has lack of experience in particular field that makes him target. This user wasn't well informed about software sources and wanted screen saver, someone else will fall for in the same way for some other software. Outside the Linux and computer world people are paying too much for merchandise or services every day, and that is considered OK, as no one knows everything, but when one Linux user does similar thing, it is a big deal. -- Regards Rajko, openSUSE Wiki Team: http://en.opensuse.org/Wiki_Team People of openSUSE: http://en.opensuse.org/People_of_openSUSE/About -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org