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> individual applications can expose ways for themselves to be customized. They do. That way is exposing files in /etc that the administrator account can edit.
by yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
> individual applications can expose ways for themselves to be customized.
They do. That way is exposing files in /etc that the administrator account can edit.
- charcircuit 3y agoUnfortunately these files in /etc usually can only be edited by root. What could be done is allow a user from the administrator group to edit such files.
- thaumasiotes 3y agoA user from the administrator group has all the same power that the root user does. Or, labeled differently, the root user is the administrator group.
- charcircuit 3y agoNo, for example the root user can read any file on the system. If someone gains access to the root user they shouldn't also gain the ability to read and write to every file on the system.
- josephcsible 3y agoHow should I be able to read any file on the system on a device I own, if not with the root user?
- charcircuit 3y agoI don't think this makes much sense to have to avoid empowering stealer malware. It would be better to find what the actual user need is and make a proper API to expose that functionality.