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: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 14:19:50 +0100 Lines: 26 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> <6974ad85$0$5106$426a74cc@news.free.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 18qdDjbI4ACZegKZbVmhXgJti9WSioQ0L+SYT3t3cff3SyJQ7i X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:aSgt5dSVwdPvw/h+iDoET684pb4= sha256:vDdS9ndpWn0dXhbw352DWxVZFt/NY1WnKzBNcyt/hPw= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: <6974ad85$0$5106$426a74cc@news.free.fr> X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:81594 On 2026-01-24 12:31, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote: > Le 23-01-2026, Carlos E.R. a écrit : >> On 2026-01-23 12:32, Marc Haber wrote: >>> "Carlos E.R." wrote: >>>> I never noticed any issue. >>> >>> Those, said in regard to security vulnerability, qualifies as "famous >>> last word". I hope you were mocking us saying that. >> >> Not really. If something happens, it is a bug and I report it. :-) >> >> >> I hate to say it, but Windows works that way. Are we worse than them, we >> don't trust our tools to work properly? >:-) > > Well, on Windows, there is something that's called an antivirus. It's > mandatory. It's useless on Linux except if you have a server designed to > let Windows users download and upload files on it. Maybe there is > something here to consider about trust on Windows. Why would I need an antivirus, unless I connect to internet? I don't connect to Internet as root. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;