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From: Nick Naym on 8 Apr 2010 19:26 In article jollyroger-B4F497.15370608042010(a)news.individual.net, Jolly Roger at jollyroger(a)pobox.com wrote on 4/8/10 4:37 PM: .... .... > it's always a good idea to run > with as few escalated privileges as possible, because (a) it reduces the > *chances* of privilege escalation accidents, and (b) it reduces the > *impact* of privilege escalation accidents that do occur. Like accidentally wiping out one's entire desktop via a Terminal command intended to delete .DS_Store files? <ROTFLMAO!> ;P .... .... > I can't tell you how many times I've seen Mac users ask for > help because they accidentally deleted some file on their system they > might not have deleted so easily had they not been logged into an > administrative account. Anyone we might know? <GUFFAW!> (Just teasing, JR. ;) ) -- iMac (27", 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB HDD) � OS X (10.6.3)
From: Jolly Roger on 8 Apr 2010 21:22 In article <C7E3DE4E.58569%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > In article jollyroger-B4F497.15370608042010(a)news.individual.net, Jolly Roger > at jollyroger(a)pobox.com wrote on 4/8/10 4:37 PM: > > ... > ... > > > it's always a good idea to run > > with as few escalated privileges as possible, because (a) it reduces the > > *chances* of privilege escalation accidents, and (b) it reduces the > > *impact* of privilege escalation accidents that do occur. > > Like accidentally wiping out one's entire desktop via a Terminal command > intended to delete .DS_Store files? <ROTFLMAO!> ;P LOL - you just had to go there, Nick!! : D > ... > ... > > > I can't tell you how many times I've seen Mac users ask for > > help because they accidentally deleted some file on their system they > > might not have deleted so easily had they not been logged into an > > administrative account. > > > Anyone we might know? <GUFFAW!> > > > > > > (Just teasing, JR. ;) ) No worries! : ) -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Wes Groleau on 8 Apr 2010 21:54 On 04-08-2010 21:22, Jolly Roger wrote: > Nick Naym<nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: >> Like accidentally wiping out one's entire desktop via a Terminal command >> intended to delete .DS_Store files?<ROTFLMAO!> ;P > > LOL - you just had to go there, Nick!! : D I once asked our project librarians to delete an obsolete subdir of a project, and was soundly chewed out by their boss. "You do not ask my people to write scripts. They are not programmers. YOU write the script, and they run it." So I wrote the script. With one missing directory level in the critical place. Good thing we have backups. -- Wes Groleau A pessimist says the glass is half empty. An optimist says the glass is half full. An engineer says somebody made the glass twice as big as it needed to be.
From: Barry Margolin on 8 Apr 2010 22:01 In article <C7E3DE4E.58569%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > In article jollyroger-B4F497.15370608042010(a)news.individual.net, Jolly Roger > at jollyroger(a)pobox.com wrote on 4/8/10 4:37 PM: > > ... > ... > > > it's always a good idea to run > > with as few escalated privileges as possible, because (a) it reduces the > > *chances* of privilege escalation accidents, and (b) it reduces the > > *impact* of privilege escalation accidents that do occur. > > Like accidentally wiping out one's entire desktop via a Terminal command > intended to delete .DS_Store files? <ROTFLMAO!> ;P You don't need administrator privileges to do that. Ordinary users have full access to their own Desktop folder. Or am I misunderstanding what you're referring to? Jolly Rogers's reply suggested there's a back story to this. -- Barry Margolin, barmar(a)alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***
From: Jolly Roger on 8 Apr 2010 23:17 In article <hpm1cd$u6d$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > On 04-08-2010 21:22, Jolly Roger wrote: > > Nick Naym<nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > >> Like accidentally wiping out one's entire desktop via a Terminal command > >> intended to delete .DS_Store files?<ROTFLMAO!> ;P > > > > LOL - you just had to go there, Nick!! : D > > I once asked our project librarians to delete an obsolete subdir of a > project, and was soundly chewed out by their boss. > > "You do not ask my people to write scripts. They are not programmers. > YOU write the script, and they run it." > > So I wrote the script. With one missing directory level > in the critical place. Good thing we have backups. Ouch! -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
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