[GRLUG] Apple did it already (was: Proof of concept)

[Greg Folkert]

On Fri, 2007-04-06 at 13:03 -0400, john-thomas richards wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 12:52:23PM -0400, Nathan Drier wrote:
> > I can see it now when Linux get a little more mainstream for home users:
> > 
> > "I dont use that stupid user account,  because I have to keep on entering
> > passwords.  So I just logged in as Root and now I just enter my password
> > once!"
> > 
> > 
> > Goodbye Security!!
> [snip]
> 
> How does Apple get around this issue?  Does it prompt for the root
> password when doing root-y things?

Same way Ubuntu does. sudo.
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