Either way, though, /usr is a LONG way from anything containing the string "Desktop."
My point exactly. ARD reported that the command failed.
On May 15, 2006, at 9:25 PM, Volker, Jim wrote: While I don't have any constructive hints on why those dirs (/usr and /etc) are nonexistent, I do know that execcing that command shouldn't have resulted in much other that an error. What's ARD say? Did it report that the command ran successfully? Either way, though, /usr is a LONG way from anything containing the string "Desktop." --jim -----Original Message----- From: remote-desktop-bounces+jimmy=email@hidden on behalf of Kim Russell Sent: Mon 5/15/2006 6:24 PM To: email@hidden Subject: Standard user can delete invisible files? I ran a UNIX command on a couple of test machines to delete a folder from the user's desktop. The command went a little something like this: rmdir Desktop/name_of_folder and it was run as the current logged in user. The "current logged in user" as stated is a standard user and does not have admin rights of any kind. I ran the script and the result from ARD was that it failed to perform the command. When I next tried to connect to the two computers, I find that not only is access denied, but the usr and etc folders (to name a few) are gone. After writing this, I'm thinking that the command should have said: rmdir ~/Desktop/name_of_folder But what still puzzles me is even if the command was wrong or the folder not found, how does running a rmdir as a non-admin user able to freely delete folders such as usr? Lucky for me, these were test machines. I just wanted to see if I could run a UNIX command on more than one computer with user specific qualities. Thanks, Kim _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Remote-desktop mailing list (email@hidden) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/remote-desktop/email@hidden This email sent to email@hidden
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