From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 11 13:52:52 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52C1F16A403 for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:52:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nathan@vidican.com) Received: from wmptl.net (mail.wmptl.com [216.8.159.133]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1474D13C44C for ; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:52:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nathan@vidican.com) Received: from [10.0.0.11] ([10.0.0.11]) by wmptl.net (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id l0BDqex4082585; Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:52:41 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from nathan@vidican.com) Message-ID: <45A6412C.308@vidican.com> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:52:44 -0500 From: Nathan Vidican User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20061027) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: James Long , chandler@chapman.edu, keramida@ceid.upatras.gr, maanjee@gmail.com, questions@freebsd.org References: <20070111052604.BAC5D16A575@hub.freebsd.org> <20070111062058.GA44045@ns.umpquanet.com> In-Reply-To: <20070111062058.GA44045@ns.umpquanet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.54 on 10.0.0.80 Cc: Subject: Re: How dangerous a Standard User could be to a FreeBSD box? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 13:52:52 -0000 James Long wrote: >> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:47:52 -0800 >> From: Jay Chandler >> Subject: Re: How dangerous a Standard User could be to a FreeBSD box? >> To: Giorgos Keramidas >> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions , VeeJay >> >> Message-ID: <45A59748.4010301@chapman.edu> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed >> >> Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >> >>> On 2007-01-10 13:24, VeeJay wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Hi >>>> How dangerous a Standard User could be to a FreeBSD box? >>>> >>>> >>> Depending on local setup, this could range from 'not at all' to >>> 'extremely'. Do you have a *specific* setup in mind? >>> >>> >>> >> Standard user with the root password, a bag of explosives, a .45 magnum, >> and a chip on his shoulder, say? >> > > Yeah, and even a user with no account or password, a screwdriver, and > a Mountain Dew. > > Jim > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Gotcha all beat, screw the 'standard user' issue... I had a client call me once cause the office cat peed onto/into the server; no technical expertise required whatsoever, no password, no re-wiring of network, heck no opposable digits even or anything else for that matter, yet it still managed to kill the server ;) -- Nathan Vidican nvidican@wmptl.com