Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 11 Sep 2000 16:33:57 -0500 (CDT) | From | Andrew McNabb <> | Subject | Re: write permissions and root. |
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Igmar Palsenberg wrote:
> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that all non-TOS > > unices have behaved this way since the 70s. > > I see no reason why it shouldn't behave this way. Root can do su - user > and screw up the file that way. > > Users with UID 0 are capable of doing about anything possible.
In a non-TOS system, you are correct. The alternative I was referring to is a Trusted Operating System, where UID 0 has no more power than any other user. The point of my original message was that in a standard, non-trusted UNIX, the current behavior is correct.
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