[Uaflug] Apology

[Erik Gregg]

On 4/26/07, Erik Gregg <hardware.hank at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The biggest risk in my opinion would be crontab.  Might want to find out
> how to lock them out of having a personal one.
>
> # Make Paul really mad
> * * * * * perl -e 'while(1){print "Herro!";}'
>
> CPU = 100%.
>
> Also, filling the hard drive is a concern.  Put a quota on the account.
>
> On 4/26/07, Paul Swanson < themadcellist at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Well, there are some things I miss about XP, like... uh... wait. No.
> > Nothing.
> >
> > In an attempt to make this a learning experience, let me figure out
> > how to set up a guest account in KDE.
> >
> > First, create a guest account. Go to System Settings | User Management
> > | Administrator Mode | New
> >
> > enabled, name: guest, no password.
> >
> > Now go to the K menu, click Switch User, and Lock Current & Start New
> > Session. The sessions will be in different virtual terminals
> > (Ctrl+alt+f7, etc).
> >
> > A question of security; is a guest account with no password (or an
> > essentially worthless password like 'guest') a risk? If it doesn't
> > have root access, what could be exploited?
> >
> > -Paul
> >
> > On 4/26/07, Seth de l'Isle < szoth at ubertechnique.com> wrote:
> > > But which is the more embarrassing in the context of the Linux Users'
> > > Group: Making an obnoxious post while drunk, or getting
> > > derfed[1]?
> > >
> > > Glad to hear that you aren't the kind to get so snookered that you
> > > develop feelings for XP! ;)
> > >
> > > [1] http://home.att.net/~srschmitt/jargonfile/jargon_file-173.html<http://home.att.net/%7Esrschmitt/jargonfile/jargon_file-173.html>
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 26, 2007 at 10:30:17AM -0800, Paul Swanson wrote:
> > > > That last message was not me. The security of my machine was
> > > > compromised (via me not locking my machine when I was away).
> > > >
> > > > Sorry,
> > > > Paul
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> <http://sig.ralree.info%27%29.read.gsub%28/%5Cs/,%27%27%29>)"
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