Re: FSCopyObjectAsync: useless and crippled
Re: FSCopyObjectAsync: useless and crippled
- Subject: Re: FSCopyObjectAsync: useless and crippled
- From: Hamish Allan <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 18:12:23 +0100
On 16 May 2005, at 17:45, Ondra Cada wrote:
Sudo by default cannot be used from a non-admin user account at
all. Which is The Right Thing.
The one extra step requires the same password:
hamish$ su adminuser
adminuser$ sudo cp ~/Library/XYZ /Library/XYZ
Personally I would be happier if there were support in the
operating system for a dialog that couldn't be mimicked
How on earth would you do that?
Well, Windows NT had the user press Ctrl+Alt+Del to bring up the
login window, because that key combination was guaranteed not to be
user-captured. Other people have suggested a shared secret (e.g.,
your pet's name in the dialog). Pretty much anything is better than
what we have now.
Administrators are users too, you know! Not all of us log in as
root ;)
No, they are *NOT*! To use an admin account for a normal work is a
security flaw like hell.
If an admin does a plain work on a Mac, he should make a non-admin
account for that, and use it. *NEVER EVER* you should log in as
admin unless what you want to do is administration.
Not all of us log in as admin, either! You'll notice that in those
authorization dialogs you can also type in the name of an admin user
-- no need to log out and log back in again (c.f. su + sudo above).
Best wishes,
Hamish
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