Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=9CWhat_a_Linux_root_user_can_do_-_and_8_ways?= =?UTF-8?Q?_you_should_absolutely_never_use_it=E2=80=9D?= Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 22:30:52 +0100 Lines: 19 Message-ID: References: <10koqeb$1i9u5$2@dont-email.me> <10kq1sl$314kf$1@news1.tnib.de> <10kq83d$20kk7$2@dont-email.me> <99t74mxr57.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <877btarlle.fsf@eder.anydns.info> <87y0lpr3qz.fsf@eder.anydns.info> <10ku3kq$3bc8q$7@dont-email.me> <10kvm7q$3jkmj$1@news1.tnib.de> <8hbc4mxcln.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10l0ngt$899k$6@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net IK/daKgGr7qbM2xZTz593ARGNsS+TUBoYD0I9iou3Vb2W550cE X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:yCG+K2QytB8g7lvWflRuNJ3w/84= sha256:Wm6eWV6IFwOVIX0uKg/2KBd/u35ndr9rXg6twWrOUpw= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <10l0ngt$899k$6@dont-email.me> X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:81570 On 2026-01-23 22:00, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On Fri, 23 Jan 2026 15:00:40 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: > >> I hate to say it, but Windows works that way. Are we worse than >> them, we don't trust our tools to work properly? >:-) > > And Windows is notorious for its never-ending litany of security > holes, while Linux has steadily become the rock-solid foundation of > the entire Internet infrastructure. > > Coincidence? You be the judge. Oh, I install Windows for people giving them only the user password. But I have the administrator password, and use it. I am the administrator of that machine. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;