Re: Protecting Software w/ Software License Keys...
Re: Protecting Software w/ Software License Keys...
- Subject: Re: Protecting Software w/ Software License Keys...
- From: Ondra Cada <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 19:13:52 +0200
On Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at 08:59 , Finlay Dobbie 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?
TextEdit, pretty often. Sometimes others, too.
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.
Let's see when someone writes a Mac OS X virus. From tech point of view it'
d be easy, and run in an admin account it could infect anything.
Or, do try "rm -rf /" in Terminal -- a relatively easy typo, if you wanted
"rm -rf /whatever..." and unvoluntarily brushed the Enter key at the worst
moment.
There are more reasons against the roaring stupidity of using an admin
account for everyday work, but these two are absolutely sufficient.
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Ondra Cada
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