[Off Topic] Re: Linux security

[Jim Richardson]

On Sat, 2006-05-06 at 00:40 +0200, Florian Diesch wrote:
> Jim Richardson <warlock at eskimo.com> wrote:
> 
> > second, at least. So how would someone running as a normal user (which
> > was the question I asked) infect their machine so badly to require a
> > rebuild? 
> 
> On Ubuntu it's quite easy to modify some config files so you get a root
> shell next time the user uses a program in the admin-menu.
> 


how do you do that *without* becoming admin via su or sudo? Which is the
whole question being asked. 



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Jim Richardson <warlock at eskimo.com>
Erisian Claw