Subject: Re: webmin
From: Michael A. Peters (Moonglue@141.com )
Date: Fri Aug 11 2000 - 14:05:06 MDT
>Indeed, this is one of the reasons that the OS X guy at Apple said
>they were not including it. They didn't want users to touch it, but
>more importantly they didn't want lazy programmers relying on the
>BSD portion of the OS to get things done.
Reality:
They didn't have security mechanisms up to snuff, and most exploits
leave you in a root shell.
With no root shell, you can't use an exploit that dumps you in a root shell.
I bet that's the REAL reason. Rather than fix some security problem
they know about with the OS, they just take away shell.
btw- did you know that with windows 2000, if the screen is locked but
a scanner is attached, pressing the button on the scanner will bring
up the scanner software W/O needing password? Real shitty OS security
design, and I bet its something like that that Apple is dealing with.
Rather than fix the problem, they take away the shell.
THIS IS ALL SPECULATION
i know nothing.
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