>:>The root user should ALWAYS have access, especially to the console. This
is probably
>I am not so sure about this. Imagine someone who is using cryptographic
>file-system, or ssh-agent. Or sipmly someone who has a bunch of naked
>women as background .-)
>
>He certainly does not like the idea of root beeing able to simply type the
>password and beeing able to peek at his present work, does he?
>
We are all in the hands of root - like it or not - you can either...
1) trust your privacy to root and use the system.
2) go elsewhere.
And Re: "someone who has a bunch of naked women as background" - if this is
OK with root you're OK. If not, well... "if you can't do the time, don't do
the crime".
If using sensitive tools with sensitive data - one can always log out when
one leaves the machine - simple!
