full-disclosure - [in] Re: IE is just as safe as FireFox

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Message-ID: <d3f495104111918402bd23f43@mail.gmail.com>
From: jdaytona at gmail.com (Jeremy Davis)
Subject: [in] Re: IE is just as safe as FireFox

Are you able to change root's name in nix? Why not if the answer is no?
(Things would break right? UID 0?) Knowing the account name is
two-thirds of the battle.
In windows it's fairly easy to change the admin name.
Not a professional here just curious...
J


On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:13:36 -0500, valdis.kletnieks@...edu
<valdis.kletnieks@...edu> wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:12:31 EST, "Crotty, Edward" said:
> > I'm not a Win based guy (troll?) - Un*x here - and even I was offended by #1.
> >
> > There is such a thing as "runas" for Windows.
> 
> Yes, but is *the main design* of the system "run as a mortal, and use
> the 'runas' for those things that need more"?
> 
> Or is the *main design* "We'll just elect the first user as Administrator,
> and include 'runas' in case somebody wants to Do It The Right Way"?
> 
> 
>