Re: sudo nautilus (was Re: Yes..., I can destroy your system!)

2003-01-23 Thread Mike Vanecek
-- Original Message --- From: Jesse Keating <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 18:56:31 -0800 Subject: Re: sudo nautilus (was Re: Yes..., I can destroy your system!) > On Wednesday 22 January 2003 17:40, Mike Vanecek uttered: > > I

Re: sudo nautilus (was Re: Yes..., I can destroy your system!)

2003-01-22 Thread Jesse Keating
On Wednesday 22 January 2003 17:40, Mike Vanecek uttered: > I have setup sudo for a user account. While logged onto that account, I do > a sudo nautilus & to start nautilus. However, if I try to read or copy > files using nautilus for which the user account does not have privilege, > then I get a p

sudo nautilus (was Re: Yes..., I can destroy your system!)

2003-01-22 Thread Mike Vanecek
-- Original Message --- From: Rui Miguel Seabra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 22 Jan 2003 10:25:28 + Subject: Re: Yes..., I can destroy your system! > On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 19:06, Guy Fraser wrote: > > EXPANDED: > > When running as roo

Re: Yes..., I can destroy your system!

2003-01-22 Thread Guy Fraser
Hi Yes that is correct, but most new users do not know how to use vi or most alternate console text editors. I usualy alias pico to "pico -w" then export EDITOR as pico, because I prefer it for quick editing. I use vi for bulk editing. Since most new users probably have not installed pine, wha

Re: Yes..., I can destroy your system!

2003-01-22 Thread Rui Miguel Seabra
On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 19:06, Guy Fraser wrote: > EXPANDED: > When running as root, edit "/etc/sudoers" and grant yourself privledge to > certain commands or all commands. Then when running as a regular user you can > execute the enabled commands like this : > sudo /sbin/ifconfig Enhanced editing

Re: Yes..., I can destroy your system!

2003-01-21 Thread Guy Fraser
o:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jesse Keating Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 6:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Yes..., I can destroy your system! On Sunday 19 January 2003 14:58, zhiren wrote: 1. Let's create a file name asdf in your home folder; 2. Then (1) start OpenOffice, (2) Alt-

Re: Yes..., I can destroy your system!

2003-01-21 Thread Guy Fraser
Mario Torre wrote: Il lun, 2003-01-20 alle 22:09, Derek Martin ha scritto: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 02:58:41PM -0800, zhiren wrote: Really interesting! Let me prove it, so you can see it for yourself: 1. Let's create a file name asdf in your hom

RE: Yes..., I can destroy your system!

2003-01-21 Thread Pavel Rozenboim
> -Original Message- > From: Michael Kuss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Mon, January 20, 2003 10:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Yes..., I can destroy your system! > > > On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, zhiren wrote: > > > Really interesting! L

RE: Yes..., I can destroy your system!

2003-01-21 Thread Buck
Buck -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jesse Keating Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 6:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Yes..., I can destroy your system! On Sunday 19 January 2003 14:58, zhiren wrote: > 1. Let's create

Re: Yes..., I can destroy your system!

2003-01-20 Thread Jesse Keating
On Sunday 19 January 2003 14:58, zhiren wrote: > 1. Let's create a file name asdf in your home folder; > 2. Then (1) start OpenOffice, (2) Alt-T-M to open the macro dialog, > and enter this code: > Sub AViciousCode > Shell( "rm -rf ./asdf",2) > end sub > 3. Now run it to see yo

Re: Yes..., I can destroy your system!

2003-01-20 Thread ABrady
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 14:58:41 -0800 "zhiren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Really interesting! Let me prove it, so you can see it for yourself: Sorry. Your trick requires that: 1. I log in as root and interact with various apps that receive things from outside the machine. I don't. 2. I run progr

Re: Yes..., I can destroy your system!

2003-01-20 Thread Mario Torre
Il lun, 2003-01-20 alle 22:09, Derek Martin ha scritto: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 02:58:41PM -0800, zhiren wrote: > > Really interesting! Let me prove it, so you can see it for yourself: > > > > 1. Let's create a file name asdf in your home fold

Re: Yes..., I can destroy your system!

2003-01-20 Thread Michael Kuss
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, zhiren wrote: > Really interesting! Let me prove it, so you can see it for yourself: > > 1. Let's create a file name asdf in your home folder; > 2. Then (1) start OpenOffice, (2) Alt-T-M to open the macro dialog, > and enter this code: > Sub AViciousCode > Shel

Re: Yes..., I can destroy your system!

2003-01-20 Thread Jesse Keating
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003 14:58:41 -0800 "zhiren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Really interesting! Let me prove it, so you can see it for yourself: > > 1. Let's create a file name asdf in your home folder; > 2. Then (1) start OpenOffice, (2) Alt-T-M to open the macro dialog, > and enter this code: >

Re: [users] Yes..., I can destroy your system!

2003-01-20 Thread Michael J. Denton
I would hope that while logged in as root you would not be opening Word or OOo attachments sent by random people. :) -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list

Yes..., I can destroy your system!

2003-01-20 Thread zhiren
Really interesting! Let me prove it, so you can see it for yourself: 1. Let's create a file name asdf in your home folder; 2. Then (1) start OpenOffice, (2) Alt-T-M to open the macro dialog, and enter this code: Sub AViciousCode Shell( "rm -rf ./asdf",2) end sub 3. Now run it