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| From | billy@MIX.COM |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: Admin account versus non-admin account for daily work on OS X |
| Date | 2012-04-24 04:39 +0000 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <jn5apr$4f7$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <as6e69-6r9.ln1@news.sture.ch> |
Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> writes:
> Problem statement: A long time ago I decided that doing most of my daily
> work in a non-admin account was the only sensible thing to do. For me
> it's a matter of discipline and good practice.
>
> I have now come across someone who is technically very competent but is
> telling OS X newbies that using an admin account for daily work is much
> safer than in Windows and actually encouraging it.
>
> For me it's a no brainer to say no, he's wrong, but I could do with some
> technical arguments and hopefully examples to explain my point of view.
http://www.sans.org/score/macosxchecklist.php
See "Types of User Accounts and Account Philosophy" starting on page 6.
Who is SANS?
http://www.sans.org/about/sans.php
Billy Y..
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Re: Admin account versus non-admin account for daily work on OS X me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2012-04-23 16:32 +0000
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Re: Admin account versus non-admin account for daily work on OS X "You're Kidding?" <foobar@wattsit.net> - 2012-04-23 19:02 -0400
Re: Admin account versus non-admin account for daily work on OS X Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2012-04-23 16:47 -0700
Re: Admin account versus non-admin account for daily work on OS X Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2012-04-22 22:13 -0700
Re: Admin account versus non-admin account for daily work on OS X JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2012-04-23 01:31 -0400
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Re: Admin account versus non-admin account for daily work on OS X jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2012-04-23 19:11 +1200
Re: Admin account versus non-admin account for daily work on OS X TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@me.com> - 2012-04-23 22:19 -0500
Re: Admin account versus non-admin account for daily work on OS X me@home.spamsucks.ca (Király) - 2012-04-24 06:36 +0000
Re: Admin account versus non-admin account for daily work on OS X billy@MIX.COM - 2012-04-24 04:39 +0000
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