preferences - I don't get it
Michal Jaegermann
michal at harddata.com
Thu Feb 3 17:11:24 UTC 2005
On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 11:42:04AM +0100, Harald Hoyer wrote:
> Michal Jaegermann wrote:
> > And the fact that it even works for a non-root and
> > without any password got me floored.
>
> You may have input your root password before, so /usr/sbin/userhelper
> remembers it for a certain time.
Hm, that "certain time" would have to be some weeks. How long is
that memory in 'userhelper'? Seems to be way too long. In any case
if I tried at that time to check this possibility and activated
printing configuration from "Other" submenu I was promptly asked for
a root password. So in this case it looks that it was already
forgotten. In case you wonder I hit "Cancel" instead of giving
a password.
I wonder if "remembering" a root password anywhere even for a few
minutes is worth possible screwups and aggravations. If you cannot
type it then you obviously do not have a business messing around
with system settings. Looks to me like a huge security hole.
This is a "rawhide, hack-and-scratch" installation and I mostly
torture it from a root account. Non-root logins exist only for test
purposes. :-)
Michal
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