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So you installed a text editor and wanted to edit /etc/hosts. Should the OS permit you to save your changes or not? Now what should happen if the text editor d
by selcuka 6mo ago
So you installed a text editor and wanted to edit /etc/hosts. Should the OS permit you to save your changes or not?
Now what should happen if the text editor decides to modify /etc/hosts without your knowledge?
- lmz 6mo ago> Now what should happen if the text editor decides to modify /etc/hosts without your knowledge? Pop up a UAC prompt of course. It worked so well for Vista.
- Dylan16807 6mo agoThe secure answer is that the OS gives you a trusted file picker and it grants access to that specific file to the text editor. This works better with a GUI, but you can adapt it to a console too.