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OS X
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:52 am
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 2:58 pm
by [PX]Kal Bob
don't run as root.
Then delete it from userspace, no problem.
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:39 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Do you have that option in OS X? I know it's based off *nix (FreeBSD, I think), but did they leave that in?
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:06 pm
by [PX]Kal Bob
itwould be in there, but the default might be a root login.
The artical tends to support that there are to accounts. it mentions that the user is prompted for a admin password.
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:05 pm
by Ghost [PX]
You do not run as root by default
There is a prompt to allow root access
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 2:11 am
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 3:56 pm
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
Root hacked in about 30 minutes:
http://news.com.com/Mac+OS+X+hacked+in+ ... g=nefd.top
Hacker mocks Macs security.
Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 9:14 am
by THE JEW (RaVeN)
University of Wisconsin gets into semantics:
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/21514 ... rt-prompts
He didn't hack the Mac, he merely got 'privilege escalation for a legitimate user.'
The guy got root access--to me, the Mac was toast.