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Re: Protecting Software w/ Software License Keys...


  • Subject: Re: Protecting Software w/ Software License Keys...
  • From: Cryx <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 20:02:16 -0500

On Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at 01:59 PM, Finlay Dobbie wrote:
On Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at 08:42 PM, Calum Robinson wrote:

It would also be a royal pain in the ass, since normally you use your applications from at least three different accounts (well, at least, I do,
and all other Mac OS X users I know well enough to know their workflow do too): normal working account, admin account, root account.

You run OSX apps as root? What ones?

I know I only have one account that I use regularly: an admin account. Why would I want to use root regularly (i can sudo anything I need) and I don't see the point of a "normal" working account.

Unfortunately a malicious application has a window of opportunity (default 5 mins) to run sudo after you do. That's the point of a normal account.

Daryn
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