Il 27 luglio 2017 18:02:45 CEST, Ben Rosser <rosser.bjr@xxxxxxxxx> ha scritto: >On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Luigi Toscano ><luigi.toscano@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> No, because they will be able to edit privileged files. It is a >security problem. > >I don't really have a strong opinion on this thread one way or the >other, but... how is it a security problem if a user who has root >access to the system anyway wants to edit privileged files? The user need to provide a password to access the privileged files, and the only operation allowed will be the requested one against that file. Running an entire application as root expose all the possible operations: https://blog.martin-graesslin.com/blog/2017/02/editing-files-as-root/ -- Luigi _______________________________________________ kde mailing list -- kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to kde-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
