Hello everyone, I found this thread interesting reading. I am one of those "ordinary Win*DOH*s" users referred to earlier in the thread. I started using windows with vs 1.0 or so. I think I skipped 2.x and then used 3.0 and every version since then as well as every version of nt since 4.0. I manage a small network that is served by Windows 2000 Pro (not server) and will have to upgrade it to handle more users in the next 6 months or so. In the meantime I am trying to learn enough to setup a Linux server instead of continuing with m$. One of the contributors mentioned earlier about not running things as "root". The only book I have for Linux is Red Hat Linux 7.2 Bible. Well, I haven't learned very much about Linux yet, but the book taught me to create a user account and do all work from the user account and not to use the root user at all. It says, rather, to use the superuser command as needed. As a result of what I learned from the book, I have gone back to all my XP/2000 computers and changed all users back to "user" and setup special admin accounts for those occasions when it is required to use admin privileges. I discussed this issue on the NT listserv and learned that while it isn't a perfect solution, using "user" privileges offers a lot of protection even in NT based windows. There is definitely a learning curve to cross over from windoze to Linux. As I have 8.0 questions, I will be posting them here. Buck -----Original Message----- From: psyche-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:psyche-list-admin@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Jesse Keating Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 6:49 PM To: psyche-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Yes..., I can destroy your system! On Sunday 19 January 2003 14:58, zhiren wrote: > 1. Let's create a file name asdf in your home folder; > 2. Then (1) start OpenOffice, (2) Alt-T-M to open the macro dialog, > and enter this code: > Sub AViciousCode > Shell( "rm -rf ./asdf",2) > end sub > 3. Now run it to see your asdf file has gone! There are other problems, such as the fact that OO.o will only run macros from a file opened within certian directories. /home/$username is one of them, but not any subdirectories. So, unless you download the email message to your home directory, and _then_ open it, you won't have a problem. -- Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE For Web Services and Linux Consulting, Visit --> j2Solutions.net Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org) Was I helpful? Let others know: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
