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The main flaws with UAC is that you don't know what application is asking for it (This actually ties into a deeper problem which is, you don't know where applic
by fao_ 7y ago
The main flaws with UAC is that you don't know what application is asking for it (This actually ties into a deeper problem which is, you don't know where application binaries reside, and applications are less predictable on Linux). Instead you have to correlate with what you've done recently, which might not align with the process that requested permission.
- zaat 7y agoNot sure what you mean, this is not generally true - the dialog states the name of the process or the application requesting elevation, as you can see in a quick google pics search.
- raptorfactor 7y agoThis is not true. Here, I took these screenshots for you where I copied an unsigned binary to a random location and forced a UAC prompt: https://i.imgur.com/BSJlSAf.png https://i.imgur.com/BSJlSAf.png https://i.imgur.com/4ZVNsPN.png https://i.imgur.com/4ZVNsPN.png I also did the same with a signed binary: https://i.imgur.com/xpSiMMY.png https://i.imgur.com/xpSiMMY.png https://i.imgur.com/ACLydv0.png https://i.imgur.com/ACLydv0.png
- fao_ 7y agoInteresting! Looks like my memory failed me, the one time I don't double check...