Newbie question on permissions

[Daniel Carrera]

William Stephens wrote:
> I understand why sudo makes sense. I guess my concerns come from stuff I
> have read on the internet that viruses and what not don't do a whole lot
> of harm except to your home directories cause of permissions, I was just
> wondering if the root terminal or apps as root could endanger system
> files?

If someone writes a Linux virus (difficult) and you open it with an app 
running as root, or run it from a root terminal, it could destroy your 
entire system. Otherwise, the most it can destroy is your home.

If you have a terminal open as root, but run the virus on a different 
terminal as a regular user, your system files are safe.

I'm not sure if that answered your question...

Cheers,
Daniel.
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