[techtalk] Users, groups, admins, roots...

[The Cat In The Hat]

Hmmm...

What is the difference between ROOT and GOD?
.
.
.
God has mercy.

Thanks,

CatNTHat

-----Original Message-----
From:    Kelly Lynn Martin kelly at poverty.bloomington.in.us
Sent:    Wed, 19 Apr 2000 15:23:11 -0500
To:      jenn at simegen.com, techtalk at linuxchix.org
Subject: Re: [techtalk] Users, groups, admins, roots...

On Wed, 19 Apr 2000 14:31:41 +0000, jenn at simegen.com said:

>The short form is: root cannot be denied /anything/. 

Well, not entirely.  UID 0 merely bypasses all permission checks, and
can execute certain privileged system calls.  Root still cannot do the
impossible. :)

Kelly


_______________________________________________
techtalk mailing list
techtalk at linuxchix.org
http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk



______________________________________________________________________
Get Visto.com!  Private groups, event calendars, email, and much more.  
Visto.com. Life on the Dot.
Check it out @ http://www.visto.com/info