On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Richard June wrote: >> It's a good idea for one off jobs where the primary user is also the >> admin, but not so good for shared systems. Personally I think a better >> plan would be to display that information *only* if the user is >> flagged as an administrator, group root, wheel, etc. > > It's actually a security risk to display this to non-admin users. It's like > putting a sticker on your door saying "This door is not locked because my > keyhole is not working." > > Kevin Kofler Perhaps I was unclear. It's a good idea to display this for administrative users. Somebody in the root or wheel group for example. But not so useful for normal users. -- Richard June Orion Technology Solutions 574.933.1576 http://www.oriontechnologysolutions.com -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
